TSARZARDAR-TSAKHARZARD 
Now I want to tell you about one of my favourite Armenian holidays-TSAKHARZARD.Every year a week before Easter I take part in its celebration with my mother.
TSARZARDAR{the tree decorating}is the penultimate Sunday holiday a week before Easter.The major part of the ceremony is devoted to the awakening of spring.It’s the holiday of youth. Girls and boys dress in their best,boys uproot willows and either decorate the branches with candles,or pretend to’fight’ each other with the branches.The game ends when all the branches are broken.Then the children either pick the candles to take home and safeguard for the whole year,or gather the broken branches to take home and burn them.Usually people wear wreaths made of willow branches on their heads that are blessed in church.
I usually bless willow branches,take them home, keep them a year round,then burn them,ashes throw to the wind.It is believed that this will protect the crop and fruit trees from storms and winds.I greatly enjoy this holiday.Both teenagers and grown-ups are walking along the streets with willow wreaths on their heads singing songs,having fun.
Traditional dishes served during TSAKHARZARD are sweets,cakes,nut pakhlava{sheet dough pastry},aghands{salted and roasted wheat and poppy seeds}and dishes cooked with greens.TSAKHARZARD is also an occasion to plant trees,celebrate engagements and marriages and give gifts to friends and family.It’s a beautiful spring holiday.
Now I want to tell you about one of my favourite Armenian holidays-TSAKHARZARD.Every year a week before Easter I take part in its celebration with my mother.
TSARZARDAR{the tree decorating}is the penultimate Sunday holiday a week before Easter.The major part of the ceremony is devoted to the awakening of spring.It’s the holiday of youth. Girls and boys dress in their best,boys uproot willows and either decorate the branches with candles,or pretend to’fight’ each other with the branches.The game ends when all the branches are broken.Then the children either pick the candles to take home and safeguard for the whole year,or gather the broken branches to take home and burn them.Usually people wear wreaths made of willow branches on their heads that are blessed in church.
I usually bless willow branches,take them home, keep them a year round,then burn them,ashes throw to the wind.It is believed that this will protect the crop and fruit trees from storms and winds.I greatly enjoy this holiday.Both teenagers and grown-ups are walking along the streets with willow wreaths on their heads singing songs,having fun.
Traditional dishes served during TSAKHARZARD are sweets,cakes,nut pakhlava{sheet dough pastry},aghands{salted and roasted wheat and poppy seeds}and dishes cooked with greens.TSAKHARZARD is also an occasion to plant trees,celebrate engagements and marriages and give gifts to friends and family.It’s a beautiful spring holiday.
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