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Ways of life<br>

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Primitive radiator.

The furniture.

They are making a strap.

Askia – traditional goat-skin bags used for carrying liquids such as wine, oil, or water.

The tsounoplaka (traditional wooden washing board).

Amateur fishing.

The parasites

The weighers with the steelyard (kantari).

Weighing the cheese with the wooden scale (xylogaidara).

The distaff and the flax.

Cotton ginning mill.

The jar carrier.

Cretan highlander of the 16th century.

The rasovraka (traditional wide Cretan trousers), the gritzos (short jacket), and the boxás (belt pouch or satchel).

Loaders and unloaders.

He goes with two animals to load materials.

The “Katakoili” Load

contract

The traditional water-drawing crane

The opening of the cistern.

They were forced to dig their own grave.

A wartime 'buffet' of carobs, olives, and wild pears – the humble evening meal known as 'Apodeipni'.

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