2. Prehistory of Armenian New Year
• The ancient Armenians had been celebrating the coming
of the New Year on the 21st of March. That date is also
the birthday of the Armenian pagan God Vahagn. On this
day the Armenians prepared huge feasts to welcome
and celebrate the zenith of the naDuring the 18th
Century, January 1st was accepted as a beginning of the
New Year. In spite of this change, Armenians in some
regions of the country. Today almost all Armenians
celebrate the New Year on January 1st.
3. Armenian New Year now
• The New Year celebration is one of the most loved
holidays for Armenians all over the world. People even
do more than they can afford, since it's believed that
"You'll spend the year just the way you've welcomed it"
and also people will be welcoming guests the following
days, so the table has to be as "rich" as possible.
• The preparations start weeks before the New Year.
People start attacking the food stores and supermarkets,
trying to do the shopping beforehand, since the last days
many things become more expensive
4. Armenian New Year Table
• One of the most important Armenian New Year table
"accessories" is the pork leg. Other traditional things for
the table are meat snacks. On the table you can find
pastry, fruits, various nuts and the sweet sudjukh -
walnuts, threaded and soaked in thick syrup of grape or
mulberry juice. One of the most important ant interesting
traditions of Armenian new year is Darin. Darin is a big
flat bread, which has a coin hidden in it. The person who
found the piece with the coin in it was considered the
'lucky' member of the family for the New Year.But the
most inportant mel is Dolma.
