More recent posts about Armenia
Articles from Armenia
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wedding BBQ
The day of my host sisters wedding before the church vows, BBQ. YUM!
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generation to generation
Host family: great grandmothers and grandchildren together for dinner.
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summer days
Taking a rest in the shade from the hot summer day
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helping hands
Team of local volunteers cleaning up one of the main streets in the city of Gyumri
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project presentations
Youth development project camp, the BRO camp was just getting started.
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Host mother
Posing with my host mother, Gohar, on the couch in her Armenian apartment.
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Wedding Party
Part of a wedding ritual for an Armenian couple. The groom's family welcomes the bride's arrival with dancing and gifts, and shows off the live chicken gifted from the bride's family.
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Toasting an Engagement
Making a vodka toast at my host cousin's engagement party. Engagements are a very public event in Armenia, and shared with the entirety of the bride and groom's families. Along with toasting to their future, the groom formally proposes to the bride at this party.
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It's What's For Dinner
I came home surprised one night to find my host mother had purchased two whole pigs - but first, we had to prepare the heads!
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Wolf Story
Verbatim conservation about wolves dictated by Will Dickinson. Sometime during the winter that never seemed to end 05’. Dusk I am walking home….. Thinking: Just finished a marathon language class. My head is about to explode. Of course I need a walk. Why I am studying this language? How is this going to help me in the future? Continues to the open plains around Jermuk inhabited by wolves and bears. Lost in his thoughts he forgets to watch where he is going avoid a hash(sp?) party. 1st...
