They did not agree with that. They did not want to live the life of a slave whose rights were below the rights of livestock. They did not want to pay tribute to the Kurds: it was a humiliation for them.
Free Armenia became the only meaningful thing in their lives. In order not to have weaknesses, a hajduk (a freedom-fighting peasant) had no right to marry or have children. As a rule, he did not have a home either. He slept in the mountains, with stone being his pillow.
He ate the gifts of nature. A hajduk was a very honest and ambitious man. Recall how Gevorg Chavush killed his uncle just because he stole a bride despite the ban.
A hajduk participated in battles against the Turks and Kurds. The whole life of a hajduk was a struggle, a struggle for upholding the honor of its people, a struggle for the independence of its bride – Armenia.
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