07/12/2011 18:23
Tolma, Armenian non-material heritage
Ministry of Culture has suggested the NGO of the “Protection and development of the Armenian Cuisine traditions” to present Tolma as Armenian non-material heritage, Sedrak Mamulyan, the head of the NGO reported the journalists today.
“Each year we celebrate almost all the ritual days with the dishes specific to that day. The Culture Ministry has never suggested its support.”
S. Manukyan mentioned that it is very important to present Tolma in a proper way, especially when even the Azerbaijani president speaks about its origin as being Azerbaijani. However, Mamulyan noticed that the stop spreading such nonsense when their NGO organized a Tolma Festival and the materials about it were circulated even by the CNN.