Cultural Coherence and Diversity

A landlocked country located in the South Caucasus part of Eurasia, Armenia has a rich history and is one of the worlds oldest civilizations. Armenia's history extends for over 3,000 years and have for the most part inhabited  the "Armenian Highlands", a vast section of mountains and valleys across eastern Anatolia and the Southern Caucasus. Throughout its history Armenia has been under Roman, Greek, Mongol, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish rule, but despite all that Armenians managed to hold on to their language, religion, literature, and art. 

Language 

Armenian is the official language of Armenia. The Armenian language has it's own script and alphabet, linguists classify Armenian as an independent branch of the Indo European language family. Besides from Armenian, Russian is the second most popular language in Armenia. 

Religion

Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, which is dated back to AD 301. The Armenian church goes back all the way to the 1st century, which according to tradition, the Armenian church was founded by two of Jesus' twelve apostles Thaddaeus and Bartholomew who were said to be preaching Christianity in Armenian between AD 40-60. The official name of the church in Armenia is the Armenian Apostolic Church, which over 93% of Armenians belong too. The Armenian Apostolic Church is known to be very ritualistic and conservative. The Armenian Apostolic Church has their own religious leader called the Catholicos, which is like the Pope for Catholics. Baptists, Presbyterians, and Catholics can also be found in Armenia. 

Music

Folk, classical, and religious music has a long history and tradition in Armenia. During the Ottaman time of rule, folk music was very popular, and while Armenia was under Soviet rule, folk music was taught in state sponsored conservatoires. Instruments such as davul, a double headed hand drum, kanun, a dulcimer, and a duduk are traditional instruments used to play Armenian folk music. Along with folk music, classical music is also very popular in Armenia and dates back to when Armenia was under Ottoman rule. Armenian chant, is the most common kind of religious music in Armenia. 

Dance 

The origins of Armenian dance derives from pre Christian period of pagan worship, stemming from pagan rituals and games. Armenian dance is an important form of expression in Armenia, which is practiced everyday. in weddings, and rituals. 

Reources
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107292.html?pageno=1
http://wikitravel.org/en/Armenia
http://www.bert.am/html/arm_folk_dans_en.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Armenia#Folk_music