Vardavar

I had just packed up my laptop for a planned tour of coffee shops, when my Airbnb host casually pointed out that it would be ‘watering day’. Uhm. What’s ‘watering day’?

Turns out, Armenia has a holiday called ‘Vardavar‘. There’s a story to it that dates back to pagan times and involves some old god. What it comes down to is this: 98 days after Easter, people take to the street with buckets full of water.

Some repacking and a lot plastic bags later, I was able to record what that looks like:

Karsten Aichholz

Karsten is a 30-something tech entrepreneur turned writer who finds his travel destinations on CNN. As an active couchsurfer and host he loves to meet new people and find out what makes them tick. He can be bribed with iced coffee and beta accounts for mobile spreadsheet apps.