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Continuing with the Armenia theme for a while here...I will post more...CNN had some advertisements for Armenia at some point. Here are two of them.






I want to get the Coat of Arms tattooed somewhere. No room on my arms or my chest...so I may have to go with my back? I don't know..




This is the National Anthem...in Armenian and in English.

Armenian

Mer Hayrenik

Mer hayrenik', Azat Ankakh,
Vor aprel eh tareh tar,
Yoor vorik'e ard kanchum eh
Azat, Ankakh Hayastan.

Aha', yeghpayr, kez mi drosh,
Vor im dzerkov gortsetsi,
Gishernere yes koon cheghah,
Artasukov lvatsi.

Nayir nran yerek guynov,
Nvirakan mer nshan,
Togh poghpoghi t'shnamu dem,
Togh misht pandsah Hayastan.

Amenayn tegh mah'e mi eh,
Mard mi angam pit merni,
Bayts yerani ovr yur azgi
Azatutyan k'e zohvi.


English

Our Fatherland
Land of our fathers, free, independent,
Which has endured from age to age.
Its sons and daughters now proclaim
Armenia, sovereign and free.
Its sons and daughters now proclaim
Armenia, sovereign and free.

Brother, take this banner,
Made with my own hands,
During sleepless nights,
And bathed in my tears.
During sleepless nights,
And bathed in my tears.

See, it has three colours;
A single hallowed symbol.
May it sparkle before the foe,
May Armenia flourish ever!
May it sparkle before the foe,
May Armenia flourish ever!

Death is everywhere the same,
Man is born just once to die,
But blessed is he who gives his life
To defend his nation's freedom.
But blessed is he who gives his life
To defend his nation's freedom.