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June 27-July 1; July 4-8, 2018 Log Sheet #5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: Alison Karfeld RECORDER 1 NAME: Hyurasenyak#1 FILE NAME: 101.wav RECORDER 2 NAME: Hyurasenyak#2 FILE NAME: 424.wav PRESENTER: Levon Abrahamian DATE/TIME: 7/5 3PM PROGRAM: Armenia STAGE: Hyurasenyak GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Moving Traditions Transferring Knowledge [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT / OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Gegham Gharibyan | [[strikethrough]] toniar [[/strikethrough]] tonir maker (clay)| | Maral Shohmahlian-Beberian | Needlework | | Carolyn Rapkievian |(Smithsonian) dance specialist | | | NMAi | Gegham Proud of tonir making -His grandfather came from Bitles (sp?) in - ottoman Turkey, forced to leave in 1915 genocide. learned from his grandfather. Bread is most precious thing in Armenia, so w/ out him, no bread. Now teaching his son tonir making tradition Moral Shohme'= From (sp?) gililia village now in Turkey. grandparents moved to Aleppo after 1s genocide. took all knowledge & craft traditional. Lost most family members. Due to war in Syria, she moved to Eastern Armenia. Made sure to pack her grandparents's embroidery as the 1st item [[strikethrough]] grandfather [[/strikethrough]] Carolyn Came from Hisinig. Harpert, Anatolya (now Turkey); fortunate to escape genocide but parents & siblings died, sister escaped a harem w/ help of American missionaries Father Mothers side from Sepasya. Mothers side, grandmother from gesarya -his father & sister. Killed, Mothers dad came late 1800s during Heermedian (sp?) massace Dance traditions kept alive through Armenian American community picnics, each learned the others dances & traditions in the US that they would not have known otherwise.