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Did You Know That…?
Pomegranate
In Eastern cultures, the pomegranate is often considered the king of all fruits, not only for its taste and healing properties, but for its crown-shape as well. There is a theory thatthe king’s crown was modeledon the pomegranate “crown.”
Images of pomegranates can be found in Armenian miniature paintings, frescos, carpentry, and sculptures. Moreover, there are pomegranate sculptures on the majority of the cornices of the Armenian Khachkars.
In Sergey Paranjanov’s (1924-1990) film, “The Color of Pomegranates,” the pomegranate symbolizesthe blood of the martyred Armenians.
The pomegranate grains symbolize the Armenian people that have been scattered all over the globe in the aftermath of the genocide.