About Artavan Village (video)

translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan

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Ecotourism Festival 2017(Video)

On July 8-9, 2017 the NGOs “Young Biologists’ Association” and “Jermuk Development Center”have organized Ecotourism Festival for the second time in Armenia. This time the festival was conducted in Artavan village of Zaritap community of Vayots Dzor region. The goal of the festival is to contribute to the development of ecotourism in Armenia, as well as to increase the level of public awareness on the maintenance of biological species. After the greeting speeches of the organizers the youth of the village presented their small dance performance. During the...

The Presentation of the CD of Japanese S...

On July 10, 2017, from 19:30 to 22:00 at Komitas Museum-Institute took place the presentation of the CD of Japanese songs of the choir “Little Singers of Armenia” . At the beginning of the presentation, the choir performed for the guests the song, after which the CD is named. Then there was shown a small episode from the process of recording. At the end of the presentation, the choir sang a song, which hadn’t been recorded. Author: H. Muradyan translated from Armenian into English...

Tanabata Holiday at “Hikari” Center on J...

On July 7, 2017, from 19:00 to 21:30 o’clock at “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese Scientific, Cultural and Educational Center NGO there was celebrated the famous Japanese holiday – Tanabata. Before entering the hall, the guests had the chance to write their wishes on special papers and hang them on the small tree. After that, the member of “Hikari” center Diana Shahverdyan walked on the stage beautifully dressed on that occasion and told the audience about that holiday. After that, she performed a wonderful song. Then there was a beautiful performance from a...

The Event “We and Our Dances” (Video)...

On June 30, 2017, in the territory of Cascade, Yerevan there was again organized the event “We and Our Dances”. There have been organized such events since January 2006, on the last Friday of each month from 19:00 to 22:00. The organizer is the President of “Karin” Folk- Dance Group Gagik Ginosyan, of course with the support of Cafesjian Center for the Arts. Author: H. Muradyan translated from Armenian into English...

Mulberry Festival in Goris (Video)

On July 1, 2017, from 13:00 to 18:00 o’clock in the village of Karahunj, which is 4 kms far from Goris, there took place an event with the title “Mulberry Festival in Goris”. Mulberry was valued in Karahunj still in the Middle Ages, based on the fact, that the village was located on the Silk Road. Breeding silkworms was developed there, though it is not preserved nowadays. But the mulberry trees, which were planted traditionally in order to feed the silkworms, have given the idea for another tradition: the people of Karahunj learned to distil vodka from mulberry. The...