YARP hello from Elise! Today I’m going to tell you about Bjni. Bjni is a village not so far from Yerevan. The village was first established in 5th or 6th century. As you can see, Bjni is a very old village.
Bjni has a very beautiful sight of the mountains in Armenia. Some of those mountains even have caves! Usually you see cows or even horses roaming those mountains. Other animals such as goats, chickens, roosters, sometimes foals, and calves are kept in barns.
One of those mountains has a castle built on it! The name of the castle is Takavoranist. Real Armenian kings and queens used Takavoranist as a resting stop while traveling. In addition, Bjni has three ancient churches, and one of them is very small. I could probably touch the top of the door. Inside there is a small room full of Bibles. The church is on a big cliff with a lot of big rock formations.
Speaking of rocks, there are many types of them in Bjni. There is a type of rock formation that looks like series of columns. Another one I call the “person rock”. It looks exactly like a man wearing an old fashion hat with a rifle swung over his back.
Next, I have something great to tell you! A man named Albert Afrikyan opened a factory in Bjni. The equipment in the factory is made from scratch. The factory makes jam that they take to Yerevan and Russia to sell. The money gets sent back to the owner of the factory who pays the workers salaries. The workers buy things for their houses. This makes their houses better and makes the shops bigger and improved.
In conclusion, Bjni is one of my favorite villages because I like the view of the mountains. It just makes me happier to think that Bjni is going to be growing day by day. Bjni will also be growing prettier too and it will be attracting more tourists to my beloved village Bjni.
Hi E (&I),
Do you like Bjni or Yerevan better? What are the positives and negatives of each place?
-C