Celebrating: Wedding Gata
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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 05
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2018, Item SFF2018_0705_Armenia_Hatsatoun_0003
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Ruzanna Tsaturyan; Hasmik Khatchatryan; Armenian baker Hasmik Khatchatryan is from Gavar, a small city near Lake Sevan that is known for cooking and baking traditions carried from Western Armenia. After moving to Yerevan from her home town, she established a small bakery, bringing the skills she learned from childhood to the delight of her new community. One of Hasmik's ties is gata, an Armenian cake that makes magic out of flour, butter and sugar. In this session, learn about the ritual baking of wedding gata, offered to unmarried women to pass on fertility and the magic of the event.