Ararat, the mountain
According to the Bible, after the flood of Noah’s Ark to have landed on Mount Ararat, one of the highest peaks of modern Turkey, with more than 5000 meters. What reality corresponds to this story? This is what Azad Vartanian, the main character of Ararat, undertook to discover. Because it is convinced that by comparing testimonies and historical reports we can get to precisely determine the location of the site has yet to keep track of the Ark. Arrived on Ararat, he understands that, beyond the sacred aura that surrounds it, this site is mostly a place eternally disputed, marked by a long history of conflicts that have left incurable wounds in the memory of all populations of Anatolia, and is still tightly controlled by the army of the Turkish state. These wounds resurface over the words, gestures and silences old Kurdish shepherds who receive Azad with friendship, inform him, guide him through the deserts and dark places where took place in 1915, the massacre of Armenians who lived Mountain. With modesty, they make him discover what remains of their villages and their inhabitants. Reached the end of his research on the ancient mystery of the Ararat mountain, Azad scientific discoveries Vartanian will import him less than, painfully, he will have learned from it, the world in which he lives and men who inhabit …
Once BD speaking on condition of the Armenian genocide, the main character what this album Azad Vartanian, Armenian Italian adventurer, aims to reach Mount Ararat where, according to some legends, stories and especially after Aerial reconnaissance of the US Air Force, would have failed the Ark of Noah. But before we get there he will have to avoid military that prevent access to the mountainous area to tourists especially because of the hunt against members of PPK. Greeted by a man of the mountains Azad will be confronted with an event of the past which he was unaware of the existence and extent, to know whether certain customs and special way to bake bread.
This comic speaks of the oppression of the Kurds, Armenians, a genocide and hidden secrets that must be preserved, the scenario is supported by black and white drawings as to alleviate suffering. The negative fact remains that these drawings are more air sketches, probably with more details the story would have taken more depth, but this detail does not spoil anything in the history of this adventurer.
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