The culture of Armenia encompasses many elements that are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the people. The culture is similar to and yet distinct from many of the bordering countries like Russia, Georgia, and Iran, as well as Mediterranean nations such as Greece and Cyprus. Armenian culture has strong influences from both its Eastern neighbors, as well as an underlying influence from Europe to the west.
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“As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like the culture of flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility, dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the window in the first icy mists of morning. They give themselves a last wash and brush-up, their ocellated eyes roll, and they fall down the curtains.”
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—Terry Castle, U.S. lesbian author. The Apparitional Lesbian, ch. 1 (1993)