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life in Hayastan: the fire of God!

the eve of Valentine's Day, the Armenians are playing literally with fire and celebrate what they call Terendeze (or something like that ...).

The principle of this tradition of pagan origin is quite simple: a bonfire is lit (in self preference), it then performs a circle around the newlyweds and must cross a candle in his hand.

All that to put the odds on his side, ensuring happiness and prosperity for their offspring and chase away evil spirits, kind bad jinn. Sometimes, a guest or friend of the couple also runs through the fire, just to purify themselves in case there is something to be ashamed ...

One can of course take the opportunity to enter a giant xolovatz pincos all, history does not have that fire in the wind ... predict its merguez relief then.

Sunday last year I went to church to take some shots of that tradition. Here they are for you, dear reader of choice for whom I would brave any danger, just to inform you.

Note the bag plastic in the fire ... Environment not top

Vodka is not just put your head upside down ...

Because of the huge smoke, each participant has risen 50% chance of cancer nab

Everyone needs to light a candle using this fire ... a real traffic candles organized

Hop!

This guy has probably had to do something very ugly because the fire has crossed twice

What is strange in there, is that if this party is directly after the pagan tradition, why celebrate within the church that rejects the logical? I consider it my duty to see very soon the young priest whom I met nice to ask him. To be continued ...


Read more about this tradition, read this article explains everything better than me ... but the photos are less well!