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- By - Ghostofcanty
Armenian Religious/Spiritual Iceberg - I tried to fit everything I knew in the small template, sorry if it turned out too cramped Ō±Õ”Ō± tell me how many You knew about, and I'll try to answer all the questions in the comments. Anyone who asks for source is a nerd, I aint putting that much effort ŌŗāŌŗ
- By - acid_shampoo_69
Maybe Iām biased, butā¦
Ahhhh I am so nervous- What do you guys think our chances actually are?
I swear my opinion is not biased by my ethnicity, but if I say it, people will think thatās the reason-
Oh come on, weāre not going to cause an international incident~
They straight up murdered Azerbaijan-
Perhaps they needed to screw over both Armenia and Azerbaijan to placate both broadcasters so that neither country could claim the EBU/BBC favoured the other?
That's actually a really good theory
They straight up murdered Azerbaijan š
Wait daily login gifts? Is that per day or for the entire time-
Okay what is the āGermany-South Caucasus Friendship Groupā I canāt find any info about it and I am very curious
Well, this is to take with a grain of salt, but a georgian friend (who i trust) says he had a chat with Giga, the songās producer, and was told there would be no change at all. And that it was the point to have those lyrics look like they donāt make sense.
Oh my fucking god I knew Georgia was trolling us WHAT
Jan Jan in the finale of 2009. Iām part of the Armenian diaspora and before then, I didnāt have much knowledge or connection with the homeland. I would have been 6 or 7 at the time and I remember turning to my father and saying āI want to vote for them!!ā He replied, āWell Hana, you know weāre Armenian, right?ā I was just so amazed and happy that I was in some way related to that performance
Weāre the next Bolivia! Letās fucking go!!!
Iām someone the song hasnāt clicked with (yet) and tbh I feel like with how strong the semi is, theyāre almost a certain non qualifier. Good staging could really elevate it, especially if better songs have bad staging. I think if Czechia doesnāt improve on their live performance, it has a much better chance. Idk I feel like even at its best, itās going to require other songs to be at their worst if itās going to have a shot
I feel like I have certain countries I always root for. And those countries are Armenia (obviously), Georgia, and Portugal. Armenia's the only one I have any connection to, but ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
This is so cool! Iāve been doing some research on Armenian religious organization and history, so do you have any sources or books you recommend?
After 3 sneezes I say "begone, vile demon! The power of Christ compels you!".
In my family itās āstop itā after the third one LLL
I was literally just thinking about Armenian football and that upcoming Turkey match haha
I know it. I'm different. Am I actually famous in this subreddit for enjoying Solo?
I do kind of like it as a song, but Iām forced to hate it on principle because of how it āwonā and how Blanka has been acting
Why tho? I mean, i have quite a lot of love for Armenia, but that's because I'm a huge SoaD fan.
Honestly I donāt have a specific reason- Iām a huge history nerd and in doing deep dives into Armenian history, I ended up learning a lot about Portuguese history too (thereās actually a surprising amount of historical contact between the two) and that led me into looking into Portuguese food, music, culture, etc
Wait what, why? Portugal and Armenian historical connection? Aside from hosting the "FundaĆ§Ć£o Calouste Gulbenkian" (the entity who regulates Western Armenian), i don't know of any historical connection between the two. And I'm "well versed" on Portuguese history.
Okay so thereās the expected interactions involving the Catholic Church and Armenia very much not being part of the Catholic Church and all the drama with the Byzantine empire, but what I find most interesting was during the European age of exploration. So Portugal was trying to conquer the Indian Ocean bc the Ottoman Empire shut down the spice trade. By this time, Armenia was part of the Ottoman Empire, but was kind of allowed to do itās own thing. While Armenia initially welcomed the European/Christian presence in the area, it soon became apparent that Portugal was indeed capable of taking over the Indian Ocean, which would not be profitable for Armenia. So Armenia worked with the Gurjarti kingdoms to try to oust Portuguese presences out of India and the surrounding areas. The most successful was in Malacca until Portugal conquered it. And then Portugal conquered one of the most important ports for Armenian sea trade, Hormuz. Armenia was like āUhhh Portugal, sorry for Malacca, could we please still use Hormuzā¦?ā And Portugal agreed, but also started recruiting Armenians to spy for them against the Ottoman Empire. Then things kind of continued on the micro level like thatācycling between conflict and cooperationāfor the next few centuries. Also of course Portugal and others missionized the crap out the Cilicia region which led to the birth of the Armenian Catholic Church.
And I sung it at my high school talent show B)
Latviaaa ;v;
maru kaite okane
That was my first thought and it doesnāt help that I am currently on the verge of spiraling back into the series š
Btw thereās a really good Georgian restaurant in the DC area that actually has proper khachapuri
Little Georgia?
The one Iāve been to is Supra and itās super goodāa little expensive tho
Okay but that is actually really cool
I just appreciate that the 3 songs are not written by any swedish, dutch etc. songwriters but either themselves or someone from their country.
Me too! I noticed that Armenia especially seems to have a majority female team behind the song and music video, which makes me happy
Is it bad that the nonsensical lyrics in georgiaās song make me love it more
Not at all, Iām there with you
well,atleast one of us have good song. and to be honest if it was Azerbaijan or Armenia i wouldnt surprise but this year is Georgia that have good song. Armenia and Georgia going grand final and to be honest being in semi final 2 will help both too. its easy,about LAND Of FIRE. Oh yeah,we fucked. We cant go to grand final with that song. even good staging can save us. Good luck you guys in May.
Itās a shame because I really like your song this year, itās just maybe not the best for Eurovision