Rice with raisins, fish and wine customary dishes at Christmas in Armenia

16:11 – 06.01.14

Rice with raisins, fish and wine are customary dishes at Christmas in
Armenia, ethnographer Armenuhi Stepanyan told Tert.am.

Beside the customary dishes, meat foods are on the table.

`Gorgeous meals used to be served on January 6 because in old times
Armenian Christians used to fast before Christmas,’ she said.

According to tradition, on January 6 young boys were walking along the
streets, singing folk songs of Christmas. People used to visit their
relatives and friends.

`In Soviet times, when religion was banned, all the holidays took
place at the end of the year,’ the ethnographer said.

Armenian News – Tert.am