ARMENIA’S VAYOTS DZOR PROVINCE HOSTS CUISINE FESTIVAL
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 5, 2012 – 13:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – “Harvest and Vayots Dzor Traditional Cuisine”
festival and opening ceremony of the first bed & breakfast facility
in rural area of Vayots Dzor was held on October 4 in Hermon village
of Vayots Dzor province of Armenia.
The event was organized by Work and Motherland NGO – the Oxfam’s
partner in Vayots Dzor within the framework of Oxfam’s Sustainable
Livelihoods Program.
The “Harvest and Vayots Dzor Traditional Cuisine” festival was
celebrated in the garden adjacent to Hermon’s resident Sahak
Hovhannisyan’s house, which was repaired in the program framework.
More than 30 representatives of 5 women’s cooperatives operating in
the neighbor villages participated at the event to exhibit products
grown in their gardens, as well as presented opportunities of agro
tourism development in their villages.
Each village presented a dish typical to their local cuisine and the
guests enjoyed traditional lavash baking ceremony. Children’s dance
ensembles performed at the event.
Oxfam’s mission is to reduce poverty and build a future free from the
injustice of poverty. Present in Armenia since 1994 Oxfam implements
various humanitarian and development programs in around 165 distant
rural communities by closely collaborating with the government, more
than 10 local non-governmental organizations, local self-governance
bodies and regional authorities.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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