Kuyumculuk zanaatı, bir zamanlar vatanlarını terk eden Ermeniler’le Beyrut’un “Küçük Ermenistan” mahallesine taşınmış. Ancak bu zanaat bugünlerde yok olma tehdidi altında. Burç Hamud’un kalabalık sokakları, Ortadoğu’da uzun yıllardır mücevher merkezi olarak biliniyor
Beyrut’un Ermeni Kuyumcuları Zor Durumda
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Beirut's Bourj Hammoud district, the center of Lebanon's Armenian population, is known for its jewelry shops, April 9, 2016.
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Jewelry shops line Bourj Hammoud's central street -- Armenia Street -- in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2016. Even though the shops seem to have brisk business on the weekends, many craftsmen from small workshops are struggling.
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Hrayr Dserounian, who said he feels the jewelry industry has lost some of its creativity, shows off some of the pieces being made in his workshop, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 1, 2016.
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Still working at the age of 95, Hrayr Dserounian, left, is known to locals as "The Master," in Beirut, Lebanon, April 1, 2016.