Azat Sargsyan is the only master in Vanadzor who makes and repairs string instruments.

While shopping at the Vanadzor food market, I heard a butcher arranging meat say something that caught my attention.

“Don’t throw it away. Keep it for Azat.”

I was curious about who Azat was, the person for whom the butcher was keeping the membrane of a cow’s heart. But what intrigued me even more was what he needed it for?

Armenia is a country where you can simply ask a stranger who Azat is, and they will do everything they can to help you find him. But because the covered mark

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