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The home-museum of Gevork Chaush in the village of Ashnak.all the families have lost some members, have different forms of mourning for the victims with the directintention of “reminding Turks and what they did”. Particularly in places close to the border wheresurvivors tried to settle with the hope to go back soon or on high mountains and in neighborhoods locatedon high elevations, locals light fires choosing spots most visible from Turkey. Usually, they burn usedtires, which burn for a long time with visible fire and smoke. In the village of Ujan “On April 24 ninetypercent of the village population visits Tsitsernakaberd, when we come back, the youngsters lift theseheavy tires up the mountain with great effort... thousands and thousands of tires...We have a mountaincalled “wooden chest”, fires from that mountain are visible not only in Turkey, but also in many othercountries. Young boys take them to the mountain, and it does not matter if it is raining or hailing, thefire shall burn and all of us shall walk around the village. ... Everyone helps how he/she can, some wouldsupply fuel, some would provide their vehicles, others would bring food and water, this is the way weorganize it. We write with the fire 90, 91, 92; in order to remind the Turk how many years passed sincethe genocide” (From the story of Arakel, the headman of Ujan village).88