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Lavash Baking

Also known as Լավաշ · tonir

Lavash Baking: photograph by Armineaghayan
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Roll, stretch and slap thin dough onto the wall of a hot clay oven, then pull it out at the right moment before it burns, filling orders for a village market.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Armenia.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Persia, Caucasus and Central Asia.

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