From Artsakh to Lori: starting life from zero
April 2, 2021
Twenty-two years ago, Vanyans left Yerevan for Tsaghkaberd village of the Kashatagh region in Artsakh, without anything, empty-handed.
Twenty-two years ago, Vanyans left Yerevan for Tsaghkaberd village of the Kashatagh region in Artsakh, without anything, empty-handed.
Meet Artak Mnatsakanyan or, as many know him, Rayter Art, a COAF SMART Center student from Odzun, a mountainous village with extraterrestrial beauty.
Apricots will soon bloom, paving the way for apple trees. Homeyards will soon smell with enchanting Maytime aromas.
Learning to play musical instruments by herself, betting on stretching on a pole, working with a weaving hook, doing splits on a homemade rope, playing in the theater.
Once famous for its vineyards, the grape fields of Vazashen were left across the border after the 1990s war.
There are over 850 villages in Armenia. Getting to know each of them is learning about a new culture, history, people, and problems. It also means discovering fascinating places which one can hardly find on touristic maps.
Once you overcome the winding trails taking to Odzun village of the Lori region, it seems like you are about to touch the clouds.
Debet is a small mountainous village seated on the right bank of the Pambak river in the northern Lori region of Armenia.
Shenik, a lowland village in the Armavir region of Armenia, has everything for country-style living except the mountains.
They have the most delicious barbecue, but pig breeding has slumped after the last cholera pandemic.
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