Ancient or folk?

[vartan]

I had the fortune of listening to a beautiful performance of Sareri Hovin yesterday evening at a commemorative event. Great story sung in Armenian, Turkish, and even Persian. The story is about a Muslim lad who falls in a forbidden love with a Christian lass.

EDIT: Boyit mernem Arto jan!

EDIT 2: Arto manem gali Adana yerkin bayc chem karoghanum jarel. Mek hat jareci ( http://youtu.be/BHHiPLG57S8 ) bayc vorak@ ahavore. Karoghes indz oknes yexpayr? Shnorakal em yes.

EDIT 3: Sareri Hovin may after all simply be a lamentation-style romantic song dealing with the loss (death or simply missing) of a lover. There's no mention of religious differences in the song and only one person mentioned that about the song, so for now I'd see it as a simple lamentation.

[artavazd]

I had the fortune of listening to a beautiful performance of Sareri Hovin yesterday evening at a commemorative event. Great story sung in Armenian, Turkish, and even Persian. The story is about a Muslim lad who falls in a forbidden love with a Christian lass.

EDIT: Boyit mernem Arto jan!

EDIT 2: Arto manem gali Adana yerkin bayc chem karoghanum jarel. Mek hat jareci ( http://youtu.be/BHHiPLG57S8 ) bayc vorak@ ahavore. Karoghes indz oknes yexpayr? Shnorakal em yes.

The song is an Armenian song using Armenian melodies. It can be translated in Chinese, but still wont change the fact.


Heres the song about Adana you wanted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz7w...E&feature=fvsr



Heres another traditional song using traditional instruments. Take note of the mens dress. The flaps coming down their shoulders and arms, go back to the days of Achamenid Persia, where the nobility would sling their coats over their shoulders and the sleeves would be flapping. These costumes in the video are a representation the dress the Armenian nobility wore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T6...eature=related

[vartan]

The song is an Armenian song using Armenian melodies. It can be translated in Chinese, but still wont change the fact.

I know, I just wanted to mention the story behind it. Thanks for the link.

Heres another traditional song using traditional instruments. Take note of the mens dress. The flaps coming down their shoulders and arms, go back to the days of Achamenid Persia, where the nobility would sling their coats over their shoulders and the sleeves would be flapping. These costumes in the video are a representation the dress the Armenian nobility wore.

True! Also interesting is to note the matches between Vannic/Araratian/Urartian women's dress and traditional Armenian dress (in songs, dances, etc.) My great-grandmother herself wore those and hand-made doll models of the Armenian woman.