Ah, pomegranates. One of the oldest fruits on the globe, with countless legends attributed to this luscious, complicated fruit. It's a fruit so delicate, yet beautiful—and the reality is that the best way to consume it is to crush it by rolling it on a counter-top, stab it, and suck the juice till the magenta-colored bulb (or yellow if you can find them in Brazil, Iran, or Armenia) is dry. It is quite a violent way to consume such a refined food, but it works.
Last week I posted a video of a Persian band with which I have become smitten. I would like to show another video by the band Kiosk. Yarom Bia (Come to Me, My Partner) is set to the Armenian film director Sergey Parajanov's Color of Pomegrantes. We haven't solved the riddle yet as to the use of this avant garde film about the Armenian poet Sayat Nova's life for a Persian song, but we are fairly certain that Parajanov would have approved, given his multicultural take on life's oddities. The ties make sense: Armenia and Iran share a long history, and currently out of Armenia's volatile neighbors, Iran is Armenia's largest trading partner. Plenty of Armenians have their roots in Iran, and Iranians often visit Armenia for work or vacation. Enjoy the visuals and the audio:
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Leon lives in Los Angeles, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 50+ countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.
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