Hasmik Abrahamyan - “Atsik” food in the Armenian festive and ritual system (According to the materials recorded in Syunik)
15 Pages | 241-256 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2022.2-241 | Revceived on: 2022-03-02 | Reviewed on: 2022-03-09 | Accepted for printing on: 2022-06-14
Published in: 2022 N 2 (220) / Ethnography
Food is an essential part of the culture of the national feasts. In this context, it is a sacrifice (cereals, meat, dairy products), the purpose of which is to express gratitude for a high harvest and protection from natural disasters (drought, rain, etc.). Atsik (malt) in the scientific literature is mentioned as food symbolizing the arrival of spring and is prepared during Lent or on the eve of Easter.
Keywords аtsik Lent Easter festive ritual culture Syunik food grain wheat rain St. Sargis matagh (sacrifice).