Sotira

Sotira kolokasi is a product with an EU protected designation of origin

Local name: Σωτήρα

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The story

Sotira is a large village in the Famagusta district, one of the Kokkinochoria, the “red villages”, named for their red soil. After 1974 many displaced Greek Cypriots settled here, mostly from Famagusta. The village is famous for kolokasi, that is, taro roots. In 2016 “Kolokasi Sotiras” and the small side tubers “Kolokasi-poulles Sotiras” received an EU protected designation of origin, known in English as PDO. Under this name, taro grown in the red soil of Sotira and the neighboring villages of Avgorou, Frenaros and Liopetri is sold. Every September the village holds the Pancyprian Kolokasi Festival.

Sotira is one of the Kokkinochoria, the “red villages”, in the Famagusta district. Its kolokasi, or taro, is a product with an EU protected designation of origin, ΠΟΠ/PDO, and a kolokasi festival takes place here in September.

Visiting

The Pancyprian Kolokasi Festival is held in September, and the exact date is announced in advance; in 2024 it was set for 6 September, at the municipal stadium. The fields around the village are private land.

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Sources

• Τμήμα Γεωργίας (Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture): ΠΟΠ/ΠΓΕ products — entry «Κολοκάσι Σωτήρας / Κολοκάσι-Πούλλες Σωτήρας» CY/PDO/0005/01309; the page links to the specification (area: red soil of Sotira, Avgorou, Frenaros, Liopetri) and to the list «Ονομασίες ΠΟΠ-ΠΓΕ» (registered 03.08.2016)
• Δήμος Σωτήρας — Ιστορική Αναδρομή (Kokkinochoria, displaced people after 1974, population)
• Δήμος Σωτήρας — call for artists for the 45th Pancyprian Kolokasi Festival (6 September 2024, municipal stadium)
• Visit Cyprus (Deputy Ministry of Tourism) — Sotira village (kolokasi festival every September)

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