The Armenian Relief Society holds its Armenian Festival at the Civic Auditorium. Proceeds will benefit the organization’s social and educational community outreach programs.
PanARMENIAN.Net - Thousands of people celebrated Armenian culture at the Glendale Civic Auditorium through art, dance, history and food.
The Armenian Relief Society of the Western United States ushered thousands of people to its Armenian Festival at the Civic Auditorium, where there were endless servings of shish kebabs, yershig (sausage) sandwiches, sarma, tabouleh and baklava.
Dozens of singers performed, and folk dance groups entertained in traditional clothing.
Dirouhi Kupelian, 74, of Fresno, was busy handing out walnuts with delicate and sweet square-shaped wraps made with grape juice and corn starch. Kupelian displayed many of her family heirlooms, some dating as far back as 150 years, to re-create what a family living room would have looked like at the turn of the 20th century in the former Armenian region of Kharpert — now known as the Elazig province in modern-day Turkey.
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