Posts Tagged ‘yerevan’

In Armenia, Snow Season Has Begun

In Armenia, Snow Season Has Begun

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Last Steps of The Yerevan Street Shoe Project

Last Steps of The Yerevan Street Shoe Project

While most of the world, including the South Caucasus, gets ready to pull out their warm jackets, boots and scarves from the back of their closets, here’s a continuing look at shoes from our series, “The Yerevan Street Shoe Project,” which also traveled to northern Armenia and Tbilisi, Georgia this summer. As the weather got [...]

140 Drams: Independent Armenian Cinema

140 Drams: Independent Armenian Cinema

Armenia has many faces. There is the beautiful city of Yerevan, filled with shops, cafes, and bars whose streets seem like they multiply with people by the day. Then you step outside that small bubble  and see a completely different world. You see a country stricken by poverty and a people struggling to put bread [...]

Wide Angle: An Armenian Summer

Wide Angle: An Armenian Summer

Before the chilly winds and snow sets in, here’s a short look back at summer in Armenia via mobile photographer and PicPlz editing software, where the vodka flowed from North to South and thunderstorms in the evenings were a welcome relief from the unforgiving sun. Photos  © ianyanmag.com

The Yerevan Street Shoe Project

The Yerevan Street Shoe Project

Tell the high heel loving girls of Yerevan that their shoe choices have been known to cause some serious medical problems in the form of torn ligaments and broken ankles, and they’ll probably shrug it off with a chuckle. For the thousands of women who wear the platforms, wedges and pencil heels among the (sometimes) [...]

The Big Picture: Armenia’s Vernissage in Mobile

The Big Picture: Armenia’s Vernissage in Mobile

At Vernissage, Armenia’s iconic outdoor market, you can find everything from kitschy souvenirs targeted towards Armenian Diasporans, who visit the country in droves for summer holidays, to handmade khachkars (stone rocks), ceramics and Soviet-era posters, badges and even passports. A French term used to describe a preview of an art exhibition, Vernissage has been a [...]

The Big Picture: Armenia, in Black and White

The Big Picture: Armenia, in Black and White

A short look into life and scenery in Armenia through black and white: All photos by L. Aghajanian/© ianyan mag

Japanese Choir Sings Ode to Armenia

Japanese Choir Sings Ode to Armenia

In the days after the devastating earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan, a video has emerged on YouTube of a Japanese choir singing “Yerevan-Erebuni” in Armenian, much to the delight of Armenians around the world, who, touched by the choir’s stunning display of multiculturalism, have been sharing the video on social networks like [...]

Envoy Hostel Recognized as Armenia’s Best

Envoy Hostel Recognized as Armenia’s Best

Armenia’s  relatively new Envoy Hostel, where guests can learn Armenian and participate in games and movie nights in addition to receiving an affordable stay, won “Best Hotel in Armenia” at the Hostelworld.com annual HOSCAR Awards in London earlier this month. It was the first time a category was created for Armenia at the HOSCAR Awards, [...]

Ianyan Magazine’s Year in Review

Ianyan Magazine’s Year in Review

As we descend into the final hours of 2010, here is a look back at what ianyan brought you this year, from a review on HBO’s Jack Kevorkian biopic, to the cultural stigma experienced by gay Armenians, volunteering in Armenia, reactions to an elevated child abuse case and more. A heartfelt thank you to all [...]