Man To Fast 55 Days In Glass Box To Mark 100th Anniversary Of Armenian Genocide
BURBANK (CBSLA.com) — If skipping a meal seems tough, imagine fasting for nearly two months.
A man in Burbank has pledged to fast 55 days, while living in a glass box, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Agasi Vartanyan is a descendant of survivors.
In 1915, an estimated one to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Turkish Ottoman government. Turkey refuses to acknowledge their deaths as a genocide.