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June 27-July 1; July 4-8, 2018 LOG SHEET # 2 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: Ricky Gomez RECORDER 1 NAME: Hyurasenyak 1 FILE NAME: 107.wav RECORDER 2 NAME: Hyurasenyak 2 FILE NAME: 431.wav PRESENTER: DATE/TIME: 7-7 12PM PROGRAM: Armenia STAGE: Hyurasenyak GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Carpet Cutting Ceremony [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Ruzanna Torozyan | Director of Women's Resource Center Foundation | | Diana Horhannisyan | Carpet Weaver/ [[strikethrough]] owner [[/strikethrough| | Levon Der Bedrossian | Owner of Folk Arts Hub Foundation | Carpet weaving developed in Armenian highlands of Mesopotamia Tradition of carpet weaving - Grandmothers would babysit grandchildren and tell stories while weaving Parents - As grandchildren got older they would begin helping grandmother weave carpets - Children would then express in taking on craft at puberty and parents would buy loom for child to begin experimenting - If parents approved of skills & design they would host a carpet cutting ceremony - Silk weaving tradition on display came from weavers from Istanbul who began teaching Armenians following Soviet era - Traditionally fathers would cut the rug since they were ones to tie first piece to the loom - Carpets traditionally gifted to kings