{"id":14356,"date":"2017-03-22T11:54:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T07:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hushardzan.am\/?p=14356"},"modified":"2017-10-31T16:07:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:07:25","slug":"{e8056ceb10a71b17f41188de28b79f10f191c155dfa2f2f07261eed1f2f6e59f}d5{e8056ceb10a71b17f41188de28b79f10f191c155dfa2f2f07261eed1f2f6e59f}a3{e8056ceb10a71b17f41188de28b79f10f191c155dfa2f2f07261eed1f2f6e59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hushardzan.am\/en\/archives\/14356","title":{"rendered":"PAGAN ARMENIANS CELEBRATED NEW YEAR AND THE BIRTH OF VAHAGN IN GARNI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">March 21 is the day of the spring solstice. In old calendar, on solar month and  solar day is  also marked the birth of God of Victory and Power Vahagn. &#8220;Technorati Covenant&#8221; NGO traditionally  is celebrating at &#8220;Garni&#8221; Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve area. 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Pagan Armenians planted apricot tree, decorated the tree planted in previous years. <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The festive event was accompanied by national song and dance performances by the students of the Cultural House of Garni.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14356 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"IMG_0019-21-03-17-11-55\" data-caption=\"\" 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