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 CYPRUS ON THE SILK ROUTES
 
Zypern 1997 | 50 Min.
 
Director: Stavros Papageorgiou
Editor: Stavros Papageorgiou
Sound: Pambos Sakkas
Production Company: Tetraktys Films Productions ltd.
Uploaded by: Anemon

This documentary film concerns the Cyprus silk industry, which has played an important role in the economic life of the island throughout the centuries. Although silk appeared in Cyprus from the Byzantine times, the period in which this material predominated in the “Silk Routes” is mainly from the 13th to the 15th century A.D. during the Lusignan Dynasty in the island. Cyprus was then developed to the manufacturing and trade center of the silk industry in the East Mediterranean Basin, witch supplied with silk textiles, the Church in the West. Besides, one has to mention that the silk industry survived as a cottage industry, in Cyprus until mid 29th century. The traditional methods of the silk production and weaving into precious textiles as well as their uses, for the dowry household linen and costumes have been presented in this documentary film. These rare documents are completed with selected interviews from craftsmen and traders from the last generation of silk producers with a couple of refugees who pose as predominated characters throughout the film. The documentary’s objective is not only to present scenes and information, but to keep constant interest on the subject and to give artistic values as well: by means such as the “popularized” narration, the presence of the magic relationship between these craftsmen and their products, etc. within the framework of a changing society and economy. Dr. Eleni Papademetriou, cultural anthropologist, who studied the subject during fieldwork, in archives and museums, since 1965, writes the script.

This documentary film concerns the Cyprus silk industry, which has played an important role in the economic life of the island throughout the centuries. Although silk appeared in Cyprus from the Byzantine times, the period in which this material predominated in the “Silk Routes” is mainly from the 13th to the 15th century A.D. during the Lusignan Dynasty in the island. Cyprus was then developed to the manufacturing and trade center of the silk industry in the East Mediterranean Basin, witch supplied with silk textiles, the Church in the West. Besides, one has to mention that the silk industry survived as a cottage industry, in Cyprus until mid 29th century. The traditional methods of the silk production and weaving into precious textiles as well as their uses, for the dowry household linen and costumes have been presented in this documentary film. These rare documents are completed with selected interviews from craftsmen and traders from the last generation of silk producers with a couple of refugees who pose as predominated characters throughout the film. The documentary’s objective is not only to present scenes and information, but to keep constant interest on the subject and to give artistic values as well: by means such as the “popularized” narration, the presence of the magic relationship between these craftsmen and their products, etc. within the framework of a changing society and economy. Dr. Eleni Papademetriou, cultural anthropologist, who studied the subject during fieldwork, in archives and museums, since 1965, writes the script.