Today is our last day in Armenia. Today is a students only day. We are going to the Madenataran . To go to the Madenataran we needed to walk to the metro. The metro goes very fast. After getting off the metro, we walked 10 minutes to get to madenataran. When we got there, Chris read about the building. The building was designed by Mark Gregorian.
The Madenataran holds 17,000 manuscripts in Armenian and about 4,000 manuscripts in other languages. We walked in and started the tour of the place. We saw hsga and Tzug, and learned the real names of the books. Hsga was Msho jarendir and Tzug was Donatsouyts. We saw books that were written in liquid gold. The pictures in the manuscripts were incredible. We saw herbs that they used to use and use to make medicine. It takes 54 herbs to make one medicine serum. We also saw stones, herds, and insects that make colors. We saw the famous cochineal that gives red paint. When we got out of the building we went tp the gift shop and took a picture in front Mesrob Mashdots.
We took the bus to the Sassountzi Tavid statue. It was amazing. Yervant Kochar designed the statue. The statue was big and tall. On the statue there was the sword and the horse. His sword was named Toor Gaydzagy and his horses name was goorgik chalalin. Iloved the Sassountzi Tavid statue. We took a picture and left to go to the same thing.
Next we saw Vartan Mamigonian statue. On the way Ben saw a car that had a monkey in the front seat that was wearing a sweater. It was so funny. The Vartan Mamigonian statue was built by Yervant Kochar, the same person who built who built the Sassountzi Tavid statue. The statue was large and fun to see. We took a picture and headed to the ministry of diaspora.
The ministry of diaspora was cool. When we got to the building we needed to give the guards our pass ports to get through. We took the elevator to the eighth floor and the took the stairs to the ninth floor. When we got to the ninth floor we walked into a room with tables and chairs and sat down. We listened to women telling us about how she heard that her son got wounded. We also saw a wounded solider who told us about defending the borders of Artsakh with his fifteen friends. To honor the soldiers we sang a song and recited a poem.
After leaving the ministry of diaspora, we picked up the parents and headed to Grand Candy. Grand Candy was so good. I tried a chocolate bonchic and it was awesome. The chocolate and candy was so good. I wish there was a Grand Candy in Boston.
After having a few hours to ourselves we took the bus to our final dinner at Parvana. The food was amazing. We got to dance and play in a park behind the restaurant. It was so much fun hanging out with my friends at our final dinner. I can’t believe it is our last day. I hope to come back soon.
-Vana Karaguesian