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A pomegranate statue in Yerevan, Armenia. The pomegranate is one of the main fruits in Armenian culture (alongside apricots and grapes). Its juice is used with Armenian food, heritage, or wine. The pomegranate is a symbol in Armenia, representing fertility, abundance, and marriage. [94] It is also a semireligious icon.
The Armenian cucumber, [1] Cucumis melo Flexuosus Group or Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, is a type of long, slender fruit which tastes like a cucumber and looks somewhat like a cucumber inside. It is actually a variety of true melon ( C. melo ), a species closely related to the cucumber ( C. sativus ).
Artsakh is a well-known brand name of Armenian mulberry vodka (tuti oghi) produced in Nagorno-Karabakh from local fruit. [179] In the Armenian Diaspora, where fruit vodka is not distilled, oghi refers to the aniseed-flavored distilled alcoholic drink called arak. [180] [181] Tuti oghi (Armenian: թթի օղի t’t’i òġi) - mulberry oghi.
Prunus armeniaca is a small tree, 8–12 m (26–39 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm (16 in) in diameter and a dense, spreading canopy. The leaves are ovate, 5–9 cm (2.0–3.5 in) long and 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) wide, with a rounded base, a pointed tip and a finely serrated margin. The flowers are 2–4.5 cm (0.8–1.8 in) in diameter ...
Anti-Armenianism Hidden Armenians. First Nagorno-Karabakh War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. v. t. e. The culture of Armenia encompasses many elements that are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the Armenian people. Armenia is a majority Christian country in the Caucasus .
Urartu ( Akkadian: ú-ra-áš-tu) is mentioned in the Babylonian Map of the World. [ 17] Various names were given to the geographic region and the polity that emerged in the region. Urartu/Ararat: The name Urartu ( Armenian: Ուրարտու; Assyrian: māt Urarṭu; [ 6] Babylonian: Urashtu; Hebrew: אֲרָרָט Ararat) comes from Assyrian ...
During an auspicious hour, the women sing a song of greeting to Lakshmi, and carry the tray and kalasham into the puja room. After lighting the lamp and performing the arati, shlokas, and songs of the goddess are recited. The yellow thread is untied, and a piece is given to each girl or woman to tie around her right wrist.
Oghi (sometimes oghee, Armenian: օղի òġi; colloquially aragh) is an Armenian spirit distilled from fruits or berries. It is widely produced as moonshine from home-grown garden fruits all across Armenia, where it is served as a popular welcome drink to guests and is routinely drunk during meals. [1] Arguably, Armenian oghi is not "vodka" at ...