Vardavar
Vardavar or Vartavar (Armenian: Վարդավառ) is an Armenian festival in Armenia where people of social groups drench each other with water.
Origin
Although now a Christian tradition, Vardavar's history dates back to pagan times. The ancient festival is traditionally associated with the goddess Astghik, who was the goddess of water, beauty, love and fertility. The festivities associated with this religious observance of Astghik were named “Vartavar” because Armenians offered her roses as a celebration (vart means "rose" in Armenian and var mean "rise"), this is why it was celebrated in the harvest time.
Festival
Vardavar is celebrated 98 days (14 weeks) after Easter. During the day of Vardavar, people from a wide array of ages are allowed to douse strangers with water. It is common to see people pouring buckets of water from balconies on unsuspecting people walking below them. The festival is very popular among children as it is one day where they can get away with pulling pranks. It is also a means of refreshment on the usually hot and dry summer days of July or late June.
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Nation, Forgive Us
by: We Are The FuryYou want to talk about indecision?
Just take a look at all the Seminole lies
We are the product, misinformation, a generation
milked by a Columbian high
Then we could trace it to a loud salvation
Back when eleven fell onto its side
If we're so hopeless then why'd you mod us to be
nothing more than soldiers with impressionable minds?
Nation, forgive us.
We are young but don't cast us all aside
You want to talk about revelation
A backfire lash against the paradigm
Yeah it was easy then, when you could scold us
But you cannot beleive that we will commit to your crimes
Nation, forgive us
We are young but don't cast us
Father forgive us we are young