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Festival fetes Armenian culture
By Kelly Corrigan
Glendale News Press
May 3 2011
CA
Money raised supports relief society's social and educational
community outreach.
Thousands of people celebrated Armenian culture this week at the
Civic Auditorium through art, dance, history and food - lots of it.
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 sandwiches,
sarma, tabouleh and baklava.
On Saturday alone, organizers said 4,500 people attended the festival.
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.
From: A. Papazian
By Kelly Corrigan
Glendale News Press
May 3 2011
CA
Money raised supports relief society's social and educational
community outreach.
Thousands of people celebrated Armenian culture this week at the
Civic Auditorium through art, dance, history and food - lots of it.
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 sandwiches,
sarma, tabouleh and baklava.
On Saturday alone, organizers said 4,500 people attended the festival.
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.
From: A. Papazian