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Cabinet photo of an Armenian woman playing kamancha, 1895-1905, via lusadaran.

Arshaluys Mardiganian on one of the torture scenes in "Ravished Armenia" (Auction of Souls), a 1919 American silent film based on the autobiographical book "Ravished Armenia" by Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian, who also played the lead role in the film

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Around lake Sevan, Armenia.

By Hugo Clarence Janody.

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WOAH Victor Hugo okay-ed a translation!

I thought for ages he really was against his work being translated, but maybe that was just for English lmao (Did I make this up? I thought I read that he was against, e.g. the translation for Notre Dame de Paris into English.)

When the famous [Armenian] translator, Grigor (Krikor) Chilinkirian wrote a letter to Victor Hugo, requesting permission to translate his novel, the author replied: "I do not speak your ancient language, but I like it. It speaks of the Orient to me, evokes the centuries gone by, and I can see the mysterious gleam of the light of the past. It is an honour for me to be translated into Armenian."

Posted on Facebook by Armenian Virtual College - AGBU, 2019

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Srpuhi Lisitsian (1893–1979) was an Armenian ethnographer who is renowned for developing a mathematical method of precisely describing folk dances using film techniques. She documented over 2,000 Armenian folk dances and recorded 1,000 dance melodies.

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Some of her records of dances

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Gevorg Dabaghyan - Miniatures: Masterworks for Armenian Duduk (2002, Traditional Crossroads)

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Famous Armenian-Ukrainian film director Sergei Parajanov with friends on the balcony of his apartment in Kyiv, 1973

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Ararat (2002) dir. Atom Egoyan

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Avetik (1992, dir. Don Askarian)

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"A Shirt Made of Fire", Vardges Petrosyan (translated by metamorphesque)

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Եթե իմանայիր, որքան եմ լաց եղել ես Քո գնալուց հետո, որքան եմ քեզ փնտրել: Եթե հավաքեին իմ բոլոր արցունքները Ու սարքեին մի լիճ, որ լողային աստղերը, Եթե այնտեղ գային բոլոր սիրահարները Ու նրանց պատմեին սիրո մասին աստղերը, Նրանք կիմանային, որ սերը մի գիշեր է ━ Երբ կորչում են աստղերը, կորչում է նաև սերը: If only you knew how much I cried After you left, how long I've been searching for you. If they gathered all my tears And built a lake for the stars to swim in, If all the lovers gathered there And the stars told them tales of love, They would understand that love is but a fleeting night ━ When the stars fade away, so does love. (translated by metamorphesque)

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