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
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