DOLPHINARIUM?

[Arpa]

Ironically, I don't think the dolma at Dolmama is that good...

Of course! None of them make it like your mother and grandmother.

 

Hi Nairi! Long time no see!!

Did you mean this?

WRONG!!!

 

http://www.armenianweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dolma.jpg

 

 

It is a sad commentary how many of us speak “furkish “, including the Persians without knowing it is furkish,

What some of us, including the Pers-Armenians (dolmeh) is not “dolma”, it is “sarma“ in that cursed language, aka Armenian “patouk/rolled/wrapped“.

Taco

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UZCeUDMh1X4/SUVDTScTTWI/AAAAAAAABCY/SRdaWvIclBg/s400/Mexican+Food.jpg

 

Rolleno;

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chile_Rellenos.jpg

 

How come the South Americans don't use tobacco leaves to make tacos?

 

WE SPEAK ARMENIAN!!!

 

I have said this before. Our odar hara will not serve demitass coffee until we call it “haykakan sourj”. In our clan we never call that brew “furkush kahve”. We might as well die of “de-caffeinitis”.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3B3KpnxxbDE/Sb7-ZOKo-pI/AAAAAAAABE4/6OZOhD7DAHs/s320/Eggplant+Dolma.jpg

 

Substitute the vegetable shell with Zucchini, Bell pepper, tomato, potato, or even sheep intestine , and voila ! You get “dolma”, ie. Stuffed/Lits/ԼԻՑ.

 

http://mypersiankitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Stuffed-Eggplant1-Custom.jpg

 

Here is what the Persian dictionary says, and it indicates it with the letter T to mean from furkish.

 

دولمة=Dolmeh, T. =Dish of cabbage or other vegetables stuffed with meat and rice.

 

Wrong!!! Dolma means stuffed/filled. Not like rolled cabbage or grape leaves. Is the Persian language a dialect of Arabic or furkish? Or, is it visa versa? Yes, we know, they all being of “koranic” culture do speak the same “non-language”.

Edited February 14, 2011 by Arpa

[Anoushik]

Screaming from the diaspora is hardly helpful. Come here and contribute your bit, whatever it is. That's one way to be directly involved in the changes in this country, even if it's only a step at a time.

Our contribution is limited to monthly monetary help to Armenia for now. If we had the means to support ourselves in Armenia and contribute, then we'd do it in a heartbeat. I don't foresee it happening in a very long time.

[MosJan]

A dolphin tank in Yerevan that once became a point of contention between authorities and local environmental and animal rights groups is being quietly dismantled in the Armenian capital – just two years after being constructed.

 

The only such entertainment facility in the Armenian capital that was constructed and put into operation in 2010 stopped operating last month.

 

An ArmeniaNow reporter on Wednesday witnessed builders dismantling the roof of the tank situated near the City Pantheon in Yerevan’s southern Shengavit district.

 

The facility built within just two months at the end of 2010 belongs to the Ukrainian Nerum company, which owns a number of other similar facilities in Russia and at home, in Ukraine.

 

Nemo Dolphinarium director Lilit Sahakyan told ArmeniaNow that the term of their operation had expired. Therefore, she said, they stopped their work and the building now has to be dismantled.

 

“The last performance at the dolphinarium was given on February 9, after which all the animals were moved to Ukraine, as the term of the facility’s operation was not extended,” said Sahakyan.

 

The construction and operation of the dolphin tank, where besides four dolphins there were also one sea lion and two seals, caused protests among environmentalists and animal rights champions at the early stage (they insisted that the animals would not survive in the landlocked country in secluded conditions, besides they claimed that such a facility next to the City Pantheon was a sacrilege), but within a short period of time it became a favorite attraction for many Yerevan residents and guests of the capital.

 

The facility suspended its work last April, as the animals were then taken for performances in Russia. It resumed operation in October, only to close again last month.

 

The dolphinarium that offered not only an opportunity to watch shows with sea animals, but also to swim and dive with dolphins and so on, could accommodate up to 900 spectators at a time, with tickets priced $8 to $12. It also provided about 30 jobs and indirectly helped some catering businesses situated around it.

 

The city authorities have not disclosed their plans for the area yet.