{"id":1351,"date":"2017-02-14T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T07:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polemi.org\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=1351\/"},"modified":"2017-02-14T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T07:10:09","slug":"boy-scouts","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.polemi.org\/en\/portfolio-item\/boy-scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">The institution of Boy-scouts in Polemi was established by a luminous and progressive personality; priest Eythimios from Mount Sina of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">The kernel of boy-scouts in Polemi was the students of its Gymnasium. During the 1960\u2019s and 1970\u2019s the majority of young people were boy scouts. There was a Cubs department since 1961, which shows the interest of children of every age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">The Polemi boy-scouts team was named \u201c80th Paphos Body\u201d, and it was the first one in Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">The training of boy-scouts used to take place in the community hall. Today it is used for conference purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The training included camping in the Elia forest, in the Turkish village of Argaka and in Agia Marina. The boy scouts were in charge of finding a place, setting the tents, raising the flag, preparing lunch and setting the table. According to old boy-scouts, tracing and bridge constructing with ropes were some of the favorite activities during boy-scouts camping. What is more, notation, games of message exchange through certain flag movements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">All 80th Body boy scouts took part in all kinds of festivities-national, cultural-in Polemi and in other villages is Paphos. Mr. Andreas Onisiforou Polemitis mentions that \u201cthe 80th boy-scout body was invited to all festivities in Paphos\u201d. They were undoubtedly the chosen ones. What is rmore, it contributed to the creation of boy-scout bodies even in Nicosia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">During the tragic events of 1964, the bombing of Tylliria to be more specific, seven of the nine heroes were members of the 80th boy-scout body. 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