From fields of gold to cheesemaking. Life in Vahagni.
One of the most charming villages of the Lori region sits on the Pambak River.
One of the most charming villages of the Lori region sits on the Pambak River.
We have talked to the COAF crew living in the villages of Armenia and have listed a few things that only people who live in villages will understand.
The villagers sip a cup of coffee as roosters’ Cock-A-Doodle-Doo breaks the early morning tranquility getting everyone in the mood to work.
Paints, brushes, parts of toy cars, engines, ping pong balls, ice-cream sticks, various chargers, and other weird and incredible items lay on Ashot Harutyunyan’s work desk.
Mets Ayrum reminds The Tower of Babel in the most positive sense of the word. It is a mixture of dialects, cuisines, cultures, and lifestyles.
‘-Have you seen the Grand Canyon?
-Not really!
-Get in the car, you are going to see it, – says Suren, the Agritech program Instructor at the COAF SMART Center.
If you’re surrounded by mountains, the spring water is fresh and cool, there are cabbage, carrot, and potato fields all over the area, it means you’re in Sarnaghbyur village of the Shirak region.
The first month of the summer brought the state of emergency to the village, shortly after here appeared the first case of coronavirus.
According to the “40 lies” of grandpa Valod describing the villages of the Lori region, Karinj villagers eat honey a lot.
From early spring to late fall every year, pairs of white storks descend onto Getashen and the nearby wetland-adjacent villages of the Armavir region.
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