Author: Hasmik Harutyunyan

Vaspurakan dance group. source

Hasmik Harutyunyan sings traditional Armenian work song SAREN KUGAS. From album “Horovel – Traditional Work Songs of Armenia” by Face Music of Switzerland. Collected by Komitas in the village of Gnekan in the region of Moks (Vaspurakan). A “sandi yerg.” You are coming from the mountain. To share your love. You wander about the threshing room. As you give me a kiss. I need nothing else. Khane, khane, khio, khio. source

Hasmik Harutyunyan sings JANOY, a love song from Van (Vaspurakan). From Armenia Anthology, Shoghaken Ensemble. source

Hasmik and Aleksan Harutyunyan performing folk songs and dances of Taron (Moush and Sassoun) with the Shoghaken Ensemble in 2008 USA tour. Includes dances Mayroke, Msho Khur, and Tigranakerti Chachane, and folk song Lelum LeLe (Mayro) and Hay Merik. source

Hasmik Harutyunyan performing “Im Murad,” a folk song from Van. From the Shoghaken Ensemble concert in Yerevan on Sept. 4, 2009. source