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ARMENIAN CULTURE CELEBRATED AT GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2011
Thousands of people celebrated Armenian culture at the Glendale Civic
Auditorium through art, dance, history and food.
The Armenian Relief Society of the Western United States ushered
thousands of people to its Armenian Festival at the Civic Auditorium,
where there were endless servings of shish kebabs, yershig (sausage)
sandwiches, sarma, tabouleh and baklava.
Dozens of singers performed, and folk dance groups entertained in
traditional clothing.
Dirouhi Kupelian, 74, of Fresno, was busy handing out walnuts with
delicate and sweet square-shaped wraps made with grape juice and
corn starch. Kupelian displayed many of her family heirlooms, some
dating as far back as 150 years, to re-create what a family living
room would have looked like at the turn of the 20th century in the
former Armenian region of Kharpert - now known as the Elazig province
in modern-day Turkey.
There was a coal-heated iron, gas lamp, coffee grinder and some
handmade blankets, wooden combs and old-fashioned cotton loofahs.
Nayiri Aghajanian examined Kupelian's antiques and said she had similar
treasures in her Philadelphia home. She attended the festival with
her daughter, who lives in Sherman Oaks.
"To be a proud American citizen, you have to be proud of where you
are from," she said.
The money raised from the festival supports the society's social and
educational community outreach. Founded in New York City in 1910,
it has about 16,000 members spread across 26 countries, Glendale
News-Press reported.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2011
Thousands of people celebrated Armenian culture at the Glendale Civic
Auditorium through art, dance, history and food.
The Armenian Relief Society of the Western United States ushered
thousands of people to its Armenian Festival at the Civic Auditorium,
where there were endless servings of shish kebabs, yershig (sausage)
sandwiches, sarma, tabouleh and baklava.
Dozens of singers performed, and folk dance groups entertained in
traditional clothing.
Dirouhi Kupelian, 74, of Fresno, was busy handing out walnuts with
delicate and sweet square-shaped wraps made with grape juice and
corn starch. Kupelian displayed many of her family heirlooms, some
dating as far back as 150 years, to re-create what a family living
room would have looked like at the turn of the 20th century in the
former Armenian region of Kharpert - now known as the Elazig province
in modern-day Turkey.
There was a coal-heated iron, gas lamp, coffee grinder and some
handmade blankets, wooden combs and old-fashioned cotton loofahs.
Nayiri Aghajanian examined Kupelian's antiques and said she had similar
treasures in her Philadelphia home. She attended the festival with
her daughter, who lives in Sherman Oaks.
"To be a proud American citizen, you have to be proud of where you
are from," she said.
The money raised from the festival supports the society's social and
educational community outreach. Founded in New York City in 1910,
it has about 16,000 members spread across 26 countries, Glendale
News-Press reported.
From: A. Papazian