Hi all.
I'm very glad to find this forums of Hamshen.
Thank you all for such interesting information about this uniqal "nation".
Why "nation" ?- I used to call hamshens(mostly of Turkey's hamshen or Khemshils of Russia and Middle Asia) a seperate nation with armenian roots,
like ukrainans and russian -as the branch of one nation.
Unfortunaly in Armenia ,people know very few(I'll say average armenian do not know anything about hamshens),the part who know something ,sometime unfortulay consider Them turkozied armenians.My opinion is not that.I consider hamshens a separate nation with islamik fate and armenian origin.
I think the main goal of Us(people who are interesting of raising hamsheni culture and self-consciousness) will be introduction armenians to hamshens and hamshens to armenians.
I actualy don't care about the religion,I care about language and identity.
I see it's very beatiful language,very uniqal music,I've seen some pitures of hamshenis and begin love you more and more.
The main purpose of Us today will be recognizing of hamshens as a separate nation of armenian branch.
I'll be grateful if you share your opinion and idea about this question.