When is vardavar 2018

One-time use in an editorial article. The media type for use is not restricted with this license excluding TV, movie production and betting sites. Javascript is switched off! Vardavar is also a great way to escape the hot summer days. Speaking about the history of Vardavar we should mention that it goes back to pagan times. This festival is associated with the goddess of water, beauty, fertility and love whose name is Astghik.

The origin of the name Vardavar came from these festivals dedicated to the goddess when Armenians presented her roses as a celebration vard in Armenian means "rose" and the word var means "rise". Vardavar celebration in Yereva n is always unique as on this day people come to Swan Lake and they are allowed to splash water from the lake. People sometimes jump into the lake and start splashing water on each other or on the passers-by.

Usually, Vardavar is celebrated 98 days 14 weeks after the Christian Easter Holiday. In Vardavar will take place on the 8th of July. In the centre of Yerevan, the emphasize is going to be on the Swan Lake. From bowls and from buckets, poured from windows onto unsuspecting passerby below and between consenting dousers in village centers, water throwing on Vardavar is a holiday unique to Armenia.

With roots in pagan mythology, it was later adapted by the church such that its date each summer comes 98 days—14 weeks—after Easter. And while other elemental aspects of the tradition, involving fire, seems now secondary, there is still a tie to roses.

Vart in Vardavar also known as Vartavar is the word for rose. Vardavar was originally associated with the goddess Astghik , Tsaturyan says. I expressly accept to receive the newsletter, and agree to itinari privacy policy. Locate me. The wettest holiday ever - Vardavar in Armenia. Lusine Vardanyan.

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