Dec 08, 2007: Traditions, customs, rituals, and ceremonies. These are terms that are synonymous with being Armenian. At least they were in my family. There were certain things we just weren't allowed to question. Aside from the obvious religious and national observances, my mother had oddities perhaps peculiar to her generation, perhaps just peculiar to her genetic makeup. We always used to joke that even if the heavens heralded the second coming of Christ, it wouldn't matter to our extremely devout mother - every Friday we would have to go grocery shopping and then every square inch of our home would have to be dusted, washed down, and scrubbed. Although I look back on those days now with nostalgia, at the time I couldn't figure out certain obsessions that we Armenians, in the name of tradition, hung on to - even if those traditions involved housework. more...
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