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Trails and special flora of Sikinos was in the center of his two programs Cyclady identity Completed on the island of Kiklava. His very successful initiative Museum of bicycle art It is aimed at protecting the cultural and natural heritage of bicycles and maintaining, restoring and allocating their unique identity.
Programs are implemented by a biodiversity of biodiversity and intangible cultural heritage.
Application “Ways of Sikinos Cultural Trails” With the help of the operator Hellenic Society of the Environment and Culture (Ellet), is a useful initiative to emphasize Sikin’s natural and cultural wealth.
The network of tracks in Sikino includes seven marked routes totaling 56 kilometersCrossing most of the island and combine the landscapes of special natural beauty with archaeological places, chapels and traditional settlements.
“The Hellenic Society of Environment and Culture in Cooperation with the Sikino municipality introduced the program on the island about 10 years ago. That is, we started in 2012, and the network of cultural trails on the island in 2014 was completed. After about ten years, we have a great pleasure to combine forces with cyclaudic identity, the initiative of the Museum of Bicycle Art, which is engaged in such an important task.
The goal was to enrich the network by adding an application for smartphones, which would allow us to promote the Trail network in Greece and abroad, since the application is bilingual, but also give Walks the ability to walk along routes, with safer and more comfortable. This was the reason to proceed to updating the routes on routes so that walking, the visitor could easily upload the application using a QR code easily and quickly. “ Reports Katerina STEMBILIS, Communications Manager of Ellet and manager of cultural trails.
The new application and its potential were represented by the local community at a special event at Primary school SikinosThe field but outside the cultural trails is another cycle identity program that is currently taking place in Sikinos. It has a name “Recording and allocation of Sikino Flora” And he seeks to imagine the natural wealth of the island through the natural Erbario.
The program was implemented Chicken link And this is an important initiative aimed at scientific documentation, educational operation and public presentation of the type of flora found in Sikinos. The process included the creation of a collection of dried samples and their digitization.
“A special element with Flora Sikino is that it remains untouched. This is rarely in bicycles. Nature, as a rule, is broken, because there are calls, excavations, open roads, and the terraces stop. Everything is growing. So, when this environment is broken, you lose too many types. Here we found that two narrow endemic species that mean that in Sikinos 13, which are endemic species that are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic, which are endemic, which are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic, and which are endemic endemic, and this is with them. 80% of the flora of the island.
We want to somehow differ from everyone who gives pools, a beach bar. What do we have? We have the beginning that we have. We have a bell that we have. Thus, the flora of the island must be protected. Basically, it was necessary to make it known to protect it. We learned things. Flora is something very fragile. He carries memories of centuries, millennia, which means that we should begin to respect the grass that we press. At the moment, we do not even respect pedestrians, not even a slope there, and people have seen millennia. We align it to make the next resort. This is a completely different way of thinking.
In the program of cyclady identity, one of the results was to give us reproduction on local shoots. So, we got 520 plants. Therefore, the idea was born to accept the second action. While cyclady identity was performed as the first step, for the second step we turned to the Bodosaki fund. This gave us new financing to make a botanical garden to insert this kind.
In addition, supplied in bicycle identity was to have Erbario, that is, to have the flora of the island in some norms. That is, we dried plants, approximately like at school when we made a plant. We digitized this “ He indicates Costas Platis from Sikinis AssociationWhich “controlled” the program, recording and emphasizing the flora of Sikinos ”with the help of herbalists.
These two programs are ideally consistent with the policy and philosophy of the municipality for Sikino:
“These initiatives and actions are very important. They help us a lot, because they really correspond to the character of our island. Sikino is a small separate island, a rude diamond. It is very important for us, with the upcoming increase in tourism, always controlled in order to maintain our personality and character.
This is a personal bet. We want easy development with the rules so that we can really maintain the character and soul of both islands and residents. Thus, we are very useful for actions related to the environment and culture. Our great power is the diversity, the simplicity of this island. This is what we distinguish. This is what we protect as a student, and this is that visitors come here. “ He emphasizes Mayor of Sikinos, Vassilis Marakis.
With the help of cyclaudic identity, the initiative of the Museum of Cycladic Art has been supported over the past three years 26 programs for 15 islands of the bicycle:
“In the Museum of Cyclady Art, one of the largest collections of cyclady art in the world is held. They are forever -world bicycle marble figures 3000 BC. The museum would not exist today, without the islands of bicycles and their culture. Ours, the initiative on our islands, ours, that ours is ours, what is by nazu. -Or and climate change threatens their traditional nature.
We want every bicycle to feel pride in his heritage and want to protect it at all costs. Our axis is culture, the protection of monuments, biodiversity and traditions that are binded by local communities, namely an intangible cultural heritage. Our goal is to achieve even more islands, create the ambassadors of these efforts, teach children to get sensitivity and knowledge and transmit them to future generations. “ The main points President and Managing Director of the Cycladic Art Museum Sandra Marinopulu.
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