HADJIN Dialect and Traditions | ENG

Concept and editing by Silvina Der Meguerditchian. The film is about 11 minutes long, and it is dedicated to the dialect and customs of Hadjin Armenians. It features material collected from throughout the world, including testimonies by people now living in Argentina and Lebanon, as well as photographs sent to use from Lebanon, the United States, Argentina, and France. It also features music obtained from New Jersey, Buenos Aires, and Berlin. The common thread is Hadjin – its dialect, its traditions, and local customs. Hadjin was a city with more than 20,000 Armenian residents, located north of historic Cilicia. In 1920, it was completely emptied of its Armenian population. Many eventually found refuge in Lebanon in late 1921. Like thousands of other Armenian refugees, they settled down in the refugee camp of Beirut. Others made their way further ashore, to places like Greece, Argentina, the United States, and Soviet Armenia.