Marts: the village, the mountains and life in between
September 16, 2022
Most inhabitants of Marts village (Lori region) go to the mountains to work every year, and some even go with their families.
Most inhabitants of Marts village (Lori region) go to the mountains to work every year, and some even go with their families.
Welcome to the village of Vahagni (Lori province), immersed in the high mountains and golden seas of wheat.
Situated at the edge of Lori gorge, and surrounded by boundless fields where horses run freely, is the village of Dsegh.
COAF alumnae Gayane Kharatyan and Astghik Margaryan, offer a tranquil place hidden in the gigantic mountains of Lori.
If wherever you look, there is a mountain, then you can rest assured that you’re in Margahovit village of the Lori region.
If you ask Asatur to describe his life in two words, he will do it in three: Rubik’s Cube, cinema, and video editing.
Young minds are the most abstract ones. Many successful business ideas of the world were born in them.
Mariam Sargsyan, a 17-year-old COAF beneficiary from Arevatsag village, has decided to become an artist.
Shamut is rich in historical and cultural values. Several cross-stones (khachkars) found here date back to the 13th century.
“I was the stone… but what if there is a beautiful flower hidden under that stone, which you can only see by raising it.”
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