THE Rotary Club of Limassol Berengaria raised more than €1,000 towards the cost of a Ford Transit 350LWB Minibus for PASYKAF (The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends) at its Burns Night Supper.

Burns nights are held around the world to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns on 25^th January.

Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a “light” Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt.

He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. In 2009 he was chosen as the ‘Greatest Scot’ by the Scottish public in a vote run by a Scottish television channel.