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.
Nairi comes from the country of colorful and hottest carnivals. “In Brazil, people say that the year starts with carnivals,” explains the young architect with pure Armenian. Carnivals take place in February, which is almost over.
Once you overcome the winding trails taking to Odzun village of the Lori region, it seems like you are about to touch the clouds.
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.
As soon as you step through the gate of one’s house in Yeghegnut village of the Lori region, the landlord rushes to invite you for a bite or a drink.
They say the future belongs to those who prepare for it today. We prepare the youth of the COAF SMART Center for a better tomorrow by making a wide range of modern professions accessible to them.
Arriving at the office a bit earlier, taking a cup of warm tea, and getting mentally prepared to rock the day is COAF Alumna Lusvard Arakelyan’s “first self-given task” of an ordinary workday.
From ancient fortresses to impregnable COAF is here to show you an unknown world that you will discover in the Debed Canyon of the Lori region.
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