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Trchnak is the CAIA blog, featuring interesting stories, traditional recipes, cultural and historical items, anecdotes from our daily life at Hayashen, stories from our members and other regular features.

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‘Armenia as an emerging destination’ by Eliza Bagdasaryan

‘Armenia as an emerging destination’ by Eliza Bagdasaryan

Emerging destinations have gained popularity lately, as travellers seek unique and distinct experiences. An emerging destination is a relatively unknown or undeveloped tourism spot with the potential to become well-known and established. Armenia, for instance, is an...

Armenia as a civilizational crossroad: Historical and cultural ties

Armenia as a civilizational crossroad: Historical and cultural ties

Armenia at a Crossroads? Musings on my visit to Yerevan this Easter. Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan. 19th April 2024. Since the 2020 Forty-Four Day War, as an academic working on topics connected to Armenia and Turkey, in regular contact with colleagues in Armenia and in...

What is Armenian Food?

What is Armenian Food?

Read an excellent blog post talking about Armenian Cuisine, written by Ed Stambollouian – an amateur food writer and passionate home cook, published on his website www.londoncooking.co.uk    See the excerpt below and click here to read the...

Ամենայն հայոց որբերի հայրիկ Թումանյանը

Ամենայն հայոց որբերի հայրիկ Թումանյանը

Փետրվարի 19-ին Հովհաննես Թումանյանի ծննդյան օրն է եւ Ամենայն հայոց բանաստեղծի 150-ամյակը՝ ՅՈՒՆԵՍԿՕ-ի մակարդակով: Թումանյանն այն եզակի գործիչներից է, ում գրական հարստությունը նույնքան անժխտելիորեն բացառիկ է ու մեծ, որքան նրա մարդկային կերպարը:

A sweet story from Cork

A sweet story from Cork

When one of our kind clients gave us a beautiful bright yellow box of Turkish Delight and the paper inside the box said ‘Armenian Delight’, we got curious. Here is the story of confectionery maker, reproduced with THE LOWER GLANMIRE ROAD, CORK CITY, IRELAND blog’s kind permission