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Armenian Culture

The Armenian culture has many facettes. Over the years Armenia has developed a modern, unique and successful culture. Many aspects of the culture are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the people.

The Armenian culture is similar and has been influenced and yet it is distinct from many of the bordering countries like Russia, Georgia, and Iran as well as some of the Mediterranean nations, especially Greece and Italy.

Armenian culture has strong influences from both its Eastern neighbors, as well as an underlying influence from European countries to the West.

Armenian Culture - Armenian Literature

Mikael Nalbandian - Armenian Culture - Literature

The best known early literary arts were created by Moses of Khorene in the 5th century.

In the 19th century, writer Mikael Nalbandian influenced the modern Armenian literary identity. Nalbandian's poem "Song of the Italian Girl" could have been the inspiration for the Armenian national anthem, Mer Hayrenik.

Other important writers from this period are among others Khachatur Abovian, Siamanto, Hagop Baronian, Vahan Tekeyan, Levon Shant, Krikor Zohrab, Rupen Zartarian, Avetis Aharonyan, Garegin Njdeh, Atrpet, Gostan Zarian and Nigol Aghpalian.

As Armenian history of the 1920s and of the Genocide came to be more openly discussed, writers like Paruyr Sevak, Gevork Emin, Silva Kaputikyan and Hovhannes Shiraz began today's era of Armenian literature.

Armenian Culture - Armenian Dance

The Armenian dance heritage is one of the oldest in the Near East. In the mountainous regions of Armenia rock paintings with scenes of country dancing were found, dating back to the 5th to 3rd millennium B.C.

Traditional dancing is still popular among expatriate Armenians, and has also been very successfully `exported' to international folk dance groups and circle dance groups all over the world.

What satisfied customers think about the Pimsleur ARMENIAN audios :

I ordered this so my husband and I could learn a little Armenian (I am of Armenian descent). I have other Armenian language tools, such as the VocabuLearn cassettes, a textbook, and Samuelian's transliteration dictionary, and they are all helpful in their own way, but in terms of amount of progress for time spent, Pimsleur beats them all.

The Western Armenian Pimsleur lessons start out by teaching you how to ask someone if she understands Armenian and by the end of the first lesson, you can understand and participate in a brief conversation that centers around that. Each subsequent lesson builds on that first lesson, teaching you more words and phrases. The lessons are in both English and Armenian.

The way that Pimsleur handles pronunciation is also very helpful, especially for individuals who are not used to hearing Armenian. Some of the words are very long, and can sound very confusing. Pimsleur walks you through the pronunciation of each word, starting with the final syllable and working backwards. My husband, who has pretty crappy pronunciation (since he didn't learn how to make the "gh" and "kh" sounds), has been doing surprisingly well with this method. I still have to help him out, but overall, it is as good as can be expected without an actual person telling you what you are doing wrong, although the lessons do usually address common mistakes.

Pimsleur also sneaks in grammar lessons, so you gradually figure out some of the grammar constructs. Some people catch on to this more easily than others, but the course does make an effort to teach you. Femina Formosa, (USA)