Carpet Cutting Ceremony [Distortion]
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Armenia / 2.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2018 July 07
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2018, Item SFF2018_0707_Armenia_Hyurasenyak_0002
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Hratch Kosibeyokian; Ruzanna Torozyan; Diana Hovhannisyan; Levon Der Bedrossian; Weaving a silk carpet can take months - even up to a full year - to complete. Join us for a ceremony in celebration of cutting a finished carpet from the loom. Learn about the process of carpet-weaving and enjoy song and dance from festival participants.This session is made possible by support from the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation, Birthright Armenia and Armenian Volunteer Corps