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Arsos Palouze Festival in Arsos
Arsos holds its Palouze Festival on the last Sunday of September in the village square, roughly forty kilometres northwest of Limassol, centred on public demonstrations of palouze made in large copper cauldrons from grape must, flour, rosewater, cinnamon and mastic, served cold with almonds or walnuts. A bazaar with traditional products and live dance and music fill out the day.
Ten kilograms of freshly pressed grape must combined with one kilogram of flour, heated in large copper cauldrons and stirred continuously until the mixture coagulates into a thick, jelly-like sweet, is the documented recipe behind palouze as demonstrated each year at Arsos's dedicated festival, held on the last Sunday of September in the village square roughly forty kilometres northwest of Limassol.