ArmenPress
Aug 12 2004

VOLUNTARY STUDENTS IN NATIONAL CLOTHES TO ADVOCATE “ONE NATION ONE
CULTURE” FESTIVAL

YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS: Starting today, Yerevan dwellers
may encounter symbols of “One Nation, One Culture” festival, Nares
and Nareks, who will walk in crowded parts of the city and inform
about the upcoming festival creating ‘an atmosphere of festivities”
in the city. Nares and Nareks, who total about 150, are voluntary
students in national clothes who distribute leaflets among the public
or talk about the activities of the festival in Yerevan and marzes.
They symbolize Armenia-Diaspora relations as Narek is the name of an
Armenian boy living in Armenia and Nare is an Armenian girl living in
Diaspora. Their clothes have been designed by Robert Sahakiants.