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Noradouz: death is priceless



"The living are always, and increasingly governed by dead: this is the fundamental law of human order. " Auguste Comte, Catechism positivist. Second interview
Today, we are interested in a serious topic if you wish: death.
No, dear reader, do not be afraid, do not be shy, you'll see, you'll learn a lot by reading these few lines ...
I see you already come with your question: " Why, oh why he speaks of death as we will soon celebrate Christmas and we're all busy looking for gifts, all the more unnecessary each other, for people who will do the same for us and which ultimately have nothing to completely fuck it all ... WHY! strangle you with incomprehension when you hesitate between the Iphone and the Iphone 8 gigas gigas 16 watching you and the seller insists, the drop in front ... Cruel world.

Well, it's a good question dear reader ... But I did not really answer ... I'm just simply follow the order of my photos ... And it turns out that recently I went through the village known as Noradouz and that inspired me the following. Click on pictures to enlarge them if you wish, but do not feel particularly obliged ... Besides, sometimes it does not work.

Noradouz What to say about except that it is a small village in the Gegharkunik Marz and it has a totally unique site: the largest cemetery khatchkars across the country.

To know what a khatckar (I know you are curious dear reader) I invite you to take a look here .

Note that the guide Lonely Planet does not mention this place, so do not trust him next time and Fieser you rather your instincts.

I also want to introduce you my new muse, which now inspires each and with my photos that I hope the collaboration will be fruitful ... As soon as I entered the cemetery, I knew it was her. I will not say here his name, but here it is, posing for me in the middle of khatchkars ...

What class! What presence! But back to our main topic if you do not mind ... OK, we all know about what death is ... but what about Armenia? You're already asked my dear avid reader? OK, this is not the kind of thing on which we think often, I agree. More reason to talk about in a post. I want to apologize for the poverty of sources that compose this paper ... Alas, aside from the Internet and some books, I do not have many documents to fill out my speech on this subject oh so important and universal ... But enough about. To better understand death in Armenia, draw shamelessly Kaplanian Patrice's book "Karabakh Armenia Georgia" that I always recommend it, even on my worst enemy. That tells us what a tourist guide about death among the Armenians? "After death, the body is undressed, washed, and wipes it with a new towel. It prepares new clothes, it is placed in a coffin in which it also puts the towel neatly folded. Is deposited the coffin in a room, playing the sad music (the duduk ). People come, bring flowers, cry! Every night someone is watching the dead while the other male family members are sure that candles are always lit. Still sad music. This is called the "rest of the soul" and lasts until morning. the morning, friends, relatives, neighbors come together with a priest who reads prayers. During the prayers, women must go out and men have no right to cry. Men seize the coffin, always open, and make seven laps before the house, then turn to the east. Then the procession moved off. Traditionally, the journey must be done on foot.

At the entrance of the cemetery, the priest asks the women to turn back (really, the poor ...) . Is deposited in the coffin lla pit and it is closed. Everyone throws a handful of earth. There is no gravedigger, each takes a shovel. Sometimes it fills with bare hands. We drink a glass of brandy but it does not toast. On returning home we reboit and this time we raise toasts to the memory of the deceased. It is as if he were present.

For 40 days, the relatives of the deceased do not shave ( even women?) . Each week we bring incense and candles to the cemetery. We cry before lighting incense, dried her tears, but once it burns. During those same 40 days, a candle glows continuously and a table is always prepared, ready to receive those who come to present their condolences. Friends went first to the cemetery before going home. They did eat all sorts of dishes, except the skewers: boiled beef, but not blown. "


Below are some pictures of graves. You will notice that the Armenian has everything for her late, even a small corner for a drink with friends with a hiding place to conceal a small bottle and glasses or outright the large table with benches built ... The classy Nestor!

Except that jokes and jokes, but we must still address a problem is growing. The problem, as there always is that the dead are a little too much space.

I invite you, dear reader to read this article very Interestingly that I had in mind before going into the cemetery and drove me to write this post. Under the heading " Drunkenness and bidding pumps Funeral in Armenia " c e digital paper, written by Marianna Grigorian and Gayane Mkrtchian, says in essence that the Armenians say that as a slight problem with their dead. Indeed, they would be followers of ostentation and "bling bling" and spend some tens of thousands of dollars to provide a luxurious tomb for their dead. Amounts that require them to take out bank loans!

OK, it is far from graves Mexican narcos s, but well! Some graves are quite a place and the cemetery in Yerevan, according to the authors of the article covers 10% of the area of the city (2006 figures)!

Epilogue

What? I learned that my muse, who had yet assured exclusivity, flirts with other photographers! The proof of this photo found on the Internet ... A real scandal. We really can no longer trust anyone these days ... I broke the contract immediately.