Armenian Culture?

[HyeJinx1984]

"Urach tzanoont kezi, Urach tzanoont kezi, Urach tzanoont serats Mikey, Urach tzanoont kezi!" something like that? lol

By the way, is there a difference in the words Daridartz and Tzanoont? I pretty much use them interchangably.

[Stark Evade]

"Daretarts" I think is more general. Look at the word: turning of a year. I guess it can be equated to an anniversary, the anniversary of your birth being an example.

[HyeJinx1984]

Oh. Damnit, stupid baskahav parents teaching me hasarag armenian...

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Oh. Damnit, stupid baskahav parents teaching me hasarag armenian...

....odd child


and yeah, taredarts means turning of a year, and tsnoond means, birthday.

[ckBejug]

You don't know the Armenian version of happy birthday?? Oh dear... Here goes:

Menk yegadz enk doneloo.... Menk yegadz enk donelooooo... Menk yegadz enk oorakhootyamp, Mikeyin daretartse (or dzenoonte) donelooooo.

p.s. Baron when I went to that wedding in Canada this summer we did that ghena tradition thing, except the guys family wasn't well-versed in the tradition and they got all pissed of and thought that we really weren't going to let them find the girl. haha.

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You have to realize that most holidays are religious or political. Look at all of the American ones: aside from Easter and Christmas which are christian and many countries celebrate, and Halloween which is pagan, everything is stupid made-up political nonsense. Most cultures do not have many holidays and what ever they do have, is based on there religion. The Americans can make you feel like you lack holidays but that's because you're focusing on Americans. If you celebrate Christmas, Easter, Vartavar, the independance of Armenia from the Ottoman on May 28, Mother's day on April 7th, Trndez on February 14, the Mesrob Mashtots day on October 12, you are probably up to par with most countries.
Birthday songs? I hate birthday songs.

Is trndez pagan as well?

It seems so.

[ckBejug]

....odd child


and yeah, taredarts means turning of a year, and tsnoond means, birthday.

Not necessarily. We say Pari daretarts for Happy Birthday.

[xBaron Dants]

I agree with Bejug. The word Dznunt is rarely (if ever) used to describe birthday in arevmdahayeren.

[ckBejug]

Uniquely Armenian Holiday : Vartavar

It's a day in mid-July where everybody has a huge waterfight basically. It's a blast. We don't celebrate it much here, but I remember how we used to have the time of our lives back in Syria or last summer in Armenia.

At the children's rehab center where we were working, there were 3 soldiers that were doing their service there (working on the fields and other such laboring jobs), with whom we became good friends. Anyways, the eve of Vartavar, I'm pretty sure they held a meeting with their General planning their attack on us because they got all of us SOAKED, without getting a single drop of water on them. I was very proud of our Armed Forces that day.

Later, we went to downtown Yerevan, near Garabi Lij (where Arno Babajanian's statue is now placed) and joined a group of 12-13 year olds who were spraying all the passer-bys and the cars. aaah, good times..


And Happy belated Birthday Jinx!

Oh man Vartavar in Haleb when I was about 12 years old is one of my best memories of my summer there. It was awesome. Especially since all the buildings are pretty much apartments. Anyone and everyone walking under balconies got soaked. Not just Armenian people. They all knew what it was about. hehe.

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Not necessarily. We say Pari daretarts for Happy Birthday.

Yes, we use it synonymously with tsnoond, but if you break up the word, tari=year, darts=turn. It's more indistinct, rather than tsnoond.