My favorite festival

 I think Vartavar  is the largest and most beautiful festival in the world also one of the few ancient Armenian festivals that is survived until present.  On this day people of all ages drench each other 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 .If you opt to go out, you will be seriously drenched. Random people pouring buckets of water on each other, kids with bottles of water and water guns roaming the streets dousing complete strangers! Yerevan is the happiest city in the world during Vartavar. Make sure to keep your cell phone and your wallet in a plastic bag, because by the time you get back to the home you will be completely drenched.

Mirna Antabian.