The multicultural and distant past is reflected in all aspects
of modern life, such as language, dance, music, food, dressing,
arts, crafts, etc The tradition is an integral part of the
Cretans, who thankfully never abandoned their past and served it
faithfully in every occasion. The Cretan dialect is considered
the oldest in Greece and has become a subject for study and
research. Dozens of words have purely archaic or ancient past,
while many are the linguistic influences from Arabs, Venetians
and Turks. The Greek dances and music first appeared in Crete,
where it is said that the mother of the Gods, Rhea, taught them
to the Curetes (Cretan tribe). The most famous Cretan dance was
the pyrrhic (the generalised name "pyrrhic" characterized all
martial dances of antiquity). Today the Cretan dances, famous
throughout Greece, constitute echoes of the dances of the
Curetes or pyrrhic! Many hand crafts remain alive on the island,
while they have been abandoned in other places of Greece.
Potters who mold the clay ju