Danai Kokkinopoulou (Interview 2) | Oral History Archive | HHFGCA

Danai Kokkinopoulou (Interview 2)

Interviewer(s):

Theo Xenophontos

Project:

Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive

INTERVIEW LOCATION:

Zoom

LANGUAGE:

English

DATE:

December 8, 2022

Interview Summary:

Danai Kokkinopoulou was born in Geri, Cyprus in 2000. In 2017, she migrated to Canada for educational reasons. At the time of the interview, she was a Psychology student at York University.

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Date and Location

December 8, 2022

Zoom

Interviewee(s)

Danai Kokkinopoulou (Interview 2)

Interviewer(s)

Theo Xenophontos

Languages

English

Reference ID

FAMREF008B

Project

Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive

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Categories

Canadian Society

Culture and Tradition

Education

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Tags

Cypriot Canadian Identity

Cypriot Intercommunal Violence

Cyprus 1974

Dance

English Learning

Language

Music

Post-1974 Migration

Pre-1974 Migration

Religion

Soccer

Traditions

Decades Referenced

1960s

1970s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Locations Referenced

Cyprus; Geri (Nicosia District); Panagia Chrysospiliotissa Church (Nicosia District); Kokkinotrimithia (Nicosia District); Kambos (Nicosia District); Nicosia; Limassol; Kyperounda (Limassol District); Troodos Mountains; Paphos; Canada; Toronto; York University; Serano Bakery (Pape Avenue); Keswick; Greece; Athens; Peloponnese; Crete; Egypt; the United Kingdom

Occupation(s)

At the time of the interview, she was a Psychology student at York University and worked part-time at Shoppers Drug Mart.

Parents Occupation(s)

Her mother used to work for Cyprus Airways.

Names Referenced

Anna Ellinas; George Kouvaros; Joanna Eleftheriou; Helen Power (née Xenophontos); Theodoros Xenophontos

[00:00:47] The significance of prayer oil

[00:01:57] How media & socializing helped her learn English

[00:04:07]The variations in accents among the diaspora

[00:04:59] Differences between Cypriot and Greek language

[00:07:22] Differences between village and city dialect

[00:10:50] Her grandmother working as a nurse in 1974

[00:12:07] The importance of social media

[00:14:09] Cypriot traditions and customs

[00:18:50] More details about August 15th

[00:23:36] How Cypriots view Greece and Greeks

[00:26:38] The link between politics and soccer in Cyprus

[00:28:33] Identifying as Greek Cypriot

[00:32:11] Discussing project themes

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