Daredevils of Sassoun

   

Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
David of Sassoun, Hakob Kojoyan, 1922
Country	Armenia
Domains	Performing arts (music)
Criteria	Oral literature
Reference	743
Region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	2012 (7th session session)
List	Representative

Daredevils of Sassoun (Armenian: Սասնա ծռեր Sasna cṙer, na baŋ la sɛge eŋ la Daredevils of Sasun) waa la Armenian gaŋdaaloŋ epic poem naŋ taa eŋdaare anaare, ka o gaŋdaa kpoŋ a senelloo poɔ ka ba boɔla David of Sassoun, ŋa meŋ la a senselloo eŋdaa kaŋa a yi a eŋdaare anaare eŋaŋ.

A yi a yuom pie pie naŋ pare saŋa na ba naŋ da wa nyɛ a epic a nineteenth century baaraa sɛŋ noba kpoŋ zie zaa da sagɛɛŋ ka o yeli nyɔgeraa waa la a Sassoun zɔɔzɔɔreba toɔra ba naŋ da nyɛ a yi a Muslim rule eŋa a yi a 8th wa tɔ 10th centuries. A epic mannoo ŋa wideɛrɛ da la a philologist Manuk Abeghian naŋ yi Armenia aneŋ academic Joseph Orbeli naŋ be a Hermitage Museum a Leningrad poɔ, neɛ ŋa naŋ ŋme nɔkpeɛne ka sɛgre zaa kyi a epic poɔ naŋ wulo a nenkoroo ŋa a yi a 10th century wɔgre.

A Daredevils of Sassoun waa la a Armenian folklore tonoɔre kaŋa naŋ taa gyeremɛ yaga ka noba yaga maŋ teɛrɛ nuuri koro. A lanleebo ŋa ko a gaŋdaaloŋ a yi sugu anaare a zɔɔzɔɔ yiri ŋa naŋ be a Armenian Highlands poɔ e la a gaŋdaaloŋ sensellɛ ba naŋ maŋ de deɛneŋ deɛne a ko a teŋe zaa aneŋ pugibu zaa, kyɛ a epics ŋa eŋ aŋa a Iliad aneŋ a Odyssey (Homeric Greek), Epic of Gilgamesh (Akkadian epic based on Sumerian tales), Beowulf (Old English), The Song of Roland (Old French), Cantar de mio Cid (Old Spanish) aneŋ a taaba mine, ana da naŋ taa la voroŋ a yi noɔre yeli yaga yoŋ, a yi booree booree a gaa o tɔ a yi a tembilii poɔ bards deme sɛŋ. A muni pelaa tɔna la a Sassoun saga surpass o bonyɛ aŋa dakoroŋbaŋ yeli sɛgebiŋ.

A Daredevils of Sassoun deɛne deɛmbo ŋa da paare la a UNESCO Intangible cultural heritage representative list in 2012.

A senselloo waabo

Statue of Sasuntsi Davit in Yerevan by Yervand Kochar (1959)

Sɛgebo yi gbamgbale aneŋ kɔkɔɛ leɛre emmo

National epic of the Armenian people David of Sasun. Formed between the 8th and 10th centuries. Hood. A. Kojoyan, 1922

Cover of an Armenian comic book, Sasna Tun (House of Sasun), 1982 by Chris Carapetian

Synopsis

A gane po-eŋ Surmelian:

Kaa kyɛ meŋ

• Armenian literature
• Digenes Akritas
• National epic
• 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis; the hostage-takers referred to themselves as Sasna tsrrer

Yeŋe linkiri

• Performance of Airat Ichmouratov's symphonic poem David of Sassoun by Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra, – May 15, 2006 (20:54)

Naŋ kanna gɛrɛ

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• Azat Yeghiazaryan, Daredevils of Sasun: Poetics of an Epic. Translated from Armenian by S. Peter Cowe. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2008