armenia remains a dream, a subject of stories, yet still, against all odds, a place. you, what do you own the world? how do you own disorder disorder now somewhere between the sacred silence sacred silence and sleep disorder, disorder i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: armenia is a small, landlocked christian nation surrounded by mostly non-christian neighbors. azerbaijan over there, iran down there, and turkey right there. turkey, and relations with turkey, and the armenian people s terrible history with that country being the central and defining issue of armenian identity. and a present-day political reality 103 years after what just about anyone would call genocide. turkey has always adamantly denied that, saying it was simply
[ armenian toast ], which literally means let my feet bring luck to this home . so, um, let your feet bring luck to our country, to dilijan, and to this home hosting us at the moment. sam: guys, with khash we do like lots of toasts, but it has to be short. this is the - armenian toasts are very long. arman: because people have to be concentrated on khash only, they don t. inna: no, no, because it will get the whole. sam: yeah, well, we were always between iran and rome, so we re used to being between to survive. you remember you asked the very first question, “what is the guy who comes back to armenia, what they feel?” they feel, “i survived, i did what my grandfather wanted, what his grandfather wanted.” we are here to survive no matter is it a war? we re going to still have this feast. anthony: that s a good toast. serj: that s a badass toast.
very seriously. sam: yeah, yeah, yeah, you take it- meline: it s a ritual, yeah. anthony: does everybody have their own style, or is this the absolute, this is the way. sam: yeah, but the classics say you have to eat with your hands. this is the classics, you eat with your hands. whoever is not eating with his hands, they are teasing him, hey, you re a loser. anthony: really? sam: and you literally judge by a person if he s eating good khash or not. like see the guy, he s the first. anthony: you re like the ayatollah of food, man. you re very inna: may i say a toast? are you ready? okay, we have a saying when we first come to a house, to a place that hosts us, we say [ armenian toast ], which literally means let my feet bring luck to this home . so um, let your feet bring luck
sam: and you literally judge by a person if he s eating good khash or not. like see the guy, he s the first. anthony: you re like the ayatollah of food, man. you re very inna: may i say a toast? are you ready? okay, we have a saying when we first come to a house, to a place that hosts us, we say [ armenian toast ], which literally means let my feet bring luck to this home . so um, let your feet bring luck to our country, to dilijan, and to this home hosting us at the moment. sam: guys, with khash we do like lots of toasts, but it has to be short. this is the - armenian toasts are very long. arman: because people have to
sam: and you literally judge by a person if he s eating good khash or not. like see the guy, he s the first. anthony: you re like the ayatollah of food, man. you re very inna: may i say a toast? are you ready? okay, we have a saying when we first come to a house, to a place that hosts us, we say [ armenian toast ], which literally means let my feet bring luck to this home . so um, let your feet bring luck to our country, to dilijan, and to this home hosting us at the moment. sam: guys, with khash we do like lots of toasts, but it has to be short. this is the - armenian toasts are very long. arman: because people have to be concentrated on khash, only, they don t.