Daredevils of Sassoun

***Daredevils of Sassoun*** (Armenia kasa mu: Սասնա ծռեր Sasna cṙer, wɔsan so kyerɛw no **Daredevils of Sasun**) yɛ Armeniafo (Armenian) akokodurfo awensɛm a ɔwɔ kyinhyia anan (4) (afa horow), a nye ɔbran tsitsir na n’asɛm no nyim no yie dɛ David of Sassoun, a ɔno nye asɛm no afa anan (4) no mu kor (1) ho.

## Ekyi asɛm (Background)
Sassoun (modern-day Sason) in TurkeyՍասնա (Sasna) kyerɛ ase dɛ "ɔyɛ Sassoun dze", ɔmantɔw bi a ɔwɔ Armenia Atɔe fam wɔ mbepɔw do ɔman a ɔso yɛ tor wɔ Ɔtar Van anaafo-atɔe fam wɔ dza mprempren wɔfrɛ no Batman Mantɔw (Batman Province), Turkey epuei fam. Ծուռ *Cuŕ* "kɔntɔnkye" kyerɛ atsetsesɛm mu animus etuatsew.

## Asɛm nu abakɔsɛm

Armenia Asomafo Asɔr (Armenian Apostolic Church) no ɔsɔfopɔn bi, Garegin Srvandztiants, a na ɔnye ekuafo a wɔwɔ Armenia Atɔe fam mbea a ɔwɔ ekyir a wontum nkɔ hɔ no wɔ nkitsahodzi a emu yɛ dzen soronko no "huu" Sasun ho asɛm no wɔ afe 1873 mu. Ɔka dɛ:For three years I tried to find somebody who knew the entire story, but nobody seemed to know all of it until I met Gurbo from a village on the Moush plain. I learned that his master had two pupils who also knew the tale by heart, singing verses in it, although Gurbo himself had not recited it for so long that he had forgotten a good deal of it. Nevertheless, I kept him with me for three days, I begged him, cajoled him, honored him, rewarded him, and when he felt better and was in the proper mood, he recited the tale for me in his own village dialect, and I wrote it all down in his own words.

## Kasa (Language)
Ɔwom dɛ kasa no dɔɔso wɔ awensɛm mu mfonyin ahorow mu dze, nanso mpɛn pii no honam fam nkatse mu nsɛm no nnyi hɔ. Iyi tse dɛm osiandɛ ɔho hia dɛ ɔyɛ soronko wɔ anansesɛm a wɔdze ano ka ho wɔ asɛm a wɔakyerɛw ho. Nna dza ɔkenkan no bɛkɔ do ayɛ n’adzeyɛ no na wayɛ asɛm no afa dodow no ara ho agor dze agye n’atsiefo no enyigye, asɛm no nye adze tsitsir, na dza ɔkenkan no fata adzeyɛ mu nsɛm no. Wɔakyerɛw no wɔ kasa a wɔahyɛ do fɛfɛɛfɛ mu na hyperbole yɛ mfir a ɔda nsow wɔ dɛm awensɛm kwan yi do.

## Nwoma horow na nkyerɛase horow

Wɔ afe 1881 mu no, wɔkyerɛɛ "Daredevils of Sasun" ase kɔɔ Russia kasa mu.

Wɔ afe 1902 mu no, Armenia awensɛm kyerɛwfo na ɔkyerɛwfo a wagye dzin Hovhannes Tumanyan  kyerɛw awensɛm bi a ɔkaa Sassoun Dawid ho asɛm wɔ ndɛyi kasa mu.

Ekyir wɔkyerɛɛ anansesɛm no ase kɔɔ Soviet Fekuw aman (republics of the Soviet Union) duenum no nyinara kasa mu, na afei wɔkyerɛɛ Franse na China kasa mu. Osiandɛ ɔkyerɛɛ ayɛsɛm no ase kɔɔ Russianyi ntsi, wɔpaw awensɛm kyerɛwfo Valery Bryusov dɛ Armenia Nyimpa Awensɛm kyerɛwfo wɔ afe 1923. Awensɛm kyerɛwfo na ɔkyerɛwfo Konstantine Lortkipanidze kyerɛɛ ayɛsɛm no tsi pii ase kɔɔ Georgian kasa mu.

## Sene horow
Wɔ afe 2010 mu no, wɔyɛɛ sene bi a wɔdze mfonyin ayɛ a wɔfrɛ no *Sasna Tsrer*, a Arman Manaryan na ɔkyerɛɛ kwan, a ɔfa Daredevils of Sassoun no kyinhyia ebaasa a edzi kan no ho. Sene a wɔdze mfonyin ayɛ a egye minitsi eduawɔtwe (80) no gyee mfe awɔtwe (8) na wɔdze yɛɛ sene no.

## Ndwom
Wɔ afe 2005 mu no, Russianyi-Canadanyi ndwom hyehyɛfo Airat Ichmouratov hyehyɛɛ awensɛm a wɔdze ndwom a ɔyɛ dɛɛ ‘David of Sassoуn’, a nwoma a Nairi Zarian, afeha a ɔtɔ do eduonu (20) mu Armenia awensɛm kyerɛwfo a wagye dzin, a wɔ afe 1966 mu no ɔkyerɛɛ Armeniafo amandze kwan do ayɛsɛm yi ase yɛɛ no nsɛm a ɔnnyɛ dzen mbrɛ ɔbɛyɛ a mbofra enyi bogye ho na mpanyimfo nyinara. Wɔyɛɛ awensɛm a wɔdze ndwom a ɔyɛ dɛw dzi dwuma no wɔ Russia, Canada, na Armenia.

## Hwɛ iyi so

* Armenian literature
* Digenes Akritas
* National epic
* 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis; hɔn a wɔfaa hɔn nbomu no frɛɛ hɔn ho *Sasna tsrrer* (the hostage-takers referred to themselves as *Sasna tsrrer)*

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