Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What is the significance of pomegrantes for Armenians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What is the significance of pomegrantes for Armenians? Maral, best explained in an art work of Sergey Parajanovs movie “Nran guyne” I strongly advise you watch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanSystems Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I think the seeds represent the people--in villages--seperate but together. One seed can lead to a new tree... we bleed. We are sweet. We are 'NOOR' (*POMEGRANATEs).My Webpage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 (edited) Van, welcome, and nice to have you among us However posting or advertising commercial web sites is prohibited here Regards Edited August 16, 2004 by Edward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What is the significance of pomegrantes for Armenians? It is one of the parts that constitutes Armenianness, like olives for the Greek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Maral, best explained in an art work of Sergey Parajanovs movie “Nran guyne” I strongly advise you watch it Where would I get a copy of that movie? Do they sell it in those Armenian music stores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 It's quite famous Maral. It's called: "The Color of Pomegranates" in English. Look here for instance: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00...2853696-1499814 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 my friends mom did the costume designs for that film. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1616/tcp.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Nairi,I have heard of the movie...I had read reviews of it....didn't think about looking for it in Amazon.com though ok so my question will be answered when I see the movie I guess. Azat,you hang around an impressive bunch of people it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nané Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Here's a version: the pomegranate represents Noa's arc (source of new life). When you break a pomegranate, the seeds spread all over, representing people spreading all over the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 This is a snippet based on something I found on the web a while ago when looking for information about Armenian weddings. I think it's been slightly modified since, and unfortunately I no longer have the source. Neverthless: The pomegranate has been a symbol of Armenia and its people for almost 3000 years. In Armenia, in the late autumn, the pomegranate flowers ripen into fiery, passionate fruit. In ancient Armenian mythology, the pomegranate symbolizes fertility, abundance, and marriage, and it was customary in the southern regions to bestow pomegranates upon the bridal couple to ensure a happy, fruitful marriage. All I really know is that they're pretty darn yummy when they're nice and ripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Wouldja believe it, Vavchka, I just had one. Put all the seeds in a bowl and spoon away. Yum yum yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakachik77 Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Nairi,I have heard of the movie...I had read reviews of it....didn't think about looking for it in Amazon.com though ok so my question will be answered when I see the movie I guess. Azat,you hang around an impressive bunch of people it seems style_images/master/snapback.png Maral, I don't think your question will be answered by that movie. First of all, Paradjanov is a surrealist/experimental filmmaker (genius if you ask me), but most importantly the movie is about what most say the life of Sayat Nova, 19th century Armenian trubadur. Now it's not really about his life as much as developmental of his artistic soul, sort of what's going on inside as opposed to outside. Nran guyn is a symbolic name. Just so you are not "disappointed" when you watch the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 A little trivia: In Australia, a recently arrived immigrant from the British Isles is known as either a new chum or a Pommy. It's easy enough to figure out new chum, but pommy (or Pom) takes more work. For starters, we'll caution folks that Pommy is usually used disparagingly. Now, let's peel away that word's layers of etymology. Pommy is short for "pomegranate." Pomegranate has both a French ancestor meaning "seedy apple" and an Australian fruited rendition known as the "native pomegranate." So what's the connection between the Australian pomegranate and the immigrant down under? Forget taking the seedy line and think rhyme lines. Pomegranate rhymes with "Jimmy Grant," which is itself rhyming slang for "immigrant." The popularity of pommy has helped that term migrate from its strictly immigrant sense so that it now names (or deprecates) any Brit. Eg. "Pommy Bastard" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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