ARMENPRESS
ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY INSTITUTE TO RECONSTRUCT
TRADITIONAL ARMENIAN RITES
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS: Archeology and
Ethnography Institute, an affiliation of the National
Academy of Sciences, plans release of CDs, DVDs and
booklets featuring `true’ Armenian traditional rites
`to make ethnography an every day application.’
Pavel Avetisian, director of the Institute, said
the idea is to separate what is traditional and
national from what is alien and imported.
To make this easier the Institute will reconstruct
traditional rituals and record them on CDs, DVDs and
so on.
`We want the society to know how our ancestors
celebrated weddings, what kind of dishes they made,
what they wore and even how they buried their
deceased. We want them to know that much of what they
think is traditional and Armenia is actually alien and
even barbaric,’ he said.
He said this idea belonged to late prime minister
Andranik Margarian.