POPULAR ART OF LESVOS PROVINCE
Pottery:
 Lesvos was and still is one of the most significant and
known centers of traditional pottery.
Possibly due to the Lesvian clay's composition, Lesvos is full of
traditional ceramic's workshop, which the natives call
"Tsoukaladika".
The most famous and significant were established and still today exist
in Ayiassos and Mantamados, where pottery is a tradition inherited from
generation to generation without any changes.
Woodcarving:
Woodcarving is another popular traditional art
characteristic of the culture of the province.
Experienced works were
carving and still today carve the wood of olive trees, chestnut-trees
and cherry-trees, converting it into various shapes inspired from the
Christian life (items for monasteries or churches-iconostasis, throne of
the Patriarch) or for the decoration of the Lesvian house, (consoles,
sendouki), items immortal through time.
Now days the woodcarving tradition continues is Ayiassos, Mytilene and
Asomatos.
Weaving:
This popular art has been rescued through the women of the
provincw who used to make their houses apparel (a necessary piece of
their dowry) to the traditional loom.
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