LA TRADITION DU SAVOIR-FAIRE POPULAIRE : LA CONSERVATION DES FRUITS DANS LA PLAINE DE L’ARARAT
THE TRADITION OF POPULAR KNOW-HOW: CONSERVATION OF FRUIT IN THE PLAIN OF ARARAT

Summary/Abstract: The production and conservation of fruit in the Ararat plain is the activity of women in summer and autumn, which is not only prescribed by the local community, but also their inner drive. The intervention of the authorities (collectivization, when the lands were taken into public ownership; then the return of the lands) changed the traditional method of fruit production and also influenced the way of life and the mentality of people of the villages. Besides presenting the traditional fruit products and production, I would like to suggest that the hesitation between traditions and development has become part of everyday life of the quasi archaic, but formally modernized society. However the desired and perceived “development” manifested as the solution for moving beyond the post-soviet state, the inherited family and community traditions and morals can provide safety after the breakdown of public order.

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