Interesting highlights of mountain village life inearly 20th century Cyprus

1) Women in Marathasa carrying what seem to be "soapstones" (lit. "iron stones"; stones too hard to mould that would be used as they were for buildings).

2) Unique traditional laundry method from the valley of Marathasa and Pitsilia.

3) Group-knitting of the famous Lefkaritika laces at Pano Lefkara.

4) Manual labour from a mountain village in Pentadaktylos (likely Bellapais).

Source:

• Maynard Owen Williams, "Unspoiled Cyprus: The traditional island birthplace of Venus is one of the least sophisticated of Mediterranean lands"; The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 54 (July 1928)