Monday, May 19, 2014

The Pride of the Pack!

No matter what the situation, the Marashtsis (who are they?) would always comment with a chuckle, "Marashdan olsun, chamurdan olsun (bokdan olsun)"

Let it be of Marash, no matter how bad!

N.B. Marashtsis:  Armenians born in Marash, forced to leave their homeland if they survived the Armenian genocide (1915-1923) . . . a mass murder about which very few lived to tell the tale.  Nonetheless, the Marashtsis always maintained a sense of humor!  How else could they have survived . . .

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  1. grandma and the gold coin and her escape from Turkey.

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  2. We use this sentence still ''maraştan olsun boktan olsun''

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    1. Do you live in Marash? Are there other sayings that you know of that relate to Marashtsis?

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    2. I can't believe it! Wow! My father used to play in the mountains there! Did you as a child?

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    3. In today's blog you'll see two descendants of Marashtsis

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    5. The name of the mountain where your father play 'Ahir Dağı'

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  3. Whoever is from wherever in Turkey can use the same expression; I don't know where the saying originated, but it is Turkish.

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