TONIR It's a big jar dug in the earth in which fire is made, used for baking bread-Armenian lavash. Anciently Armenians made tonirs in resemblance with the setting sun“going into the ground”and Armenian women even bowed to the tonir before starting to bake bread or cook something in it. Lavash is a traditional bread that is an integral part of Armenian cuisine. Besides its irreplaceable role in Armenian cuisine, it has a ritual function at weddings where it is placed on the shoulders of the ne

TONIR It's a big jar dug in the earth in which fire is made, used for baking bread-Armenian lavash. Anciently Armenians made tonirs in resemblance with the setting sun“going into the ground”and Armenian women even bowed to the tonir before starting to bake bread or cook something in it. Lavash is a traditional bread that is an integral part of Armenian cuisine. Besides its irreplaceable role in Armenian cuisine, it has a ritual function at weddings where it is placed on the shoulders of the ne