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Armenians have put turkey or chicken instead of pork on their New Year tables in the past, told Amalia Movsisyan, the senior cook of “Cuccina” Restaurant in Marriott Hotel today at the meeting with the journalists. She also added that there have also been diversity of Lenten dolmas, many fruits, dry fruits and the adornment of the table has been the traditional bread of the year (year-bread/tarehats/).

“The year-bread with kernel; the whole family has gathered around and the one who has received the kernel he was thought to be the luckiest one that year,” said the speaker and added that there are very few people today that have preserved this tradition though it is a very nice one and has a meaning.

According to A. Movsisyan the Armenians have also decorated their New Year tables with the goods from their orchards, stored nuts and dried fruits. “Unfortunately, today, we prefer the European to traditional,” she noticed.