‘ONE NATION, ONE CULTURE’ FESTIVAL TO LAUNCH WITH A GREATER GEOGRAPHY
By Gohar Gevorgian
AZG Armenian Daily
08/06/2006
“One Nation, One Culture” festival of the Culture and Youth Affairs
Ministry and One Nation and One Culture Fund will open at the Sport and
Concert Complex on June 23 and will last till June 30. The government
has assigned 117 million AMD for this year’s festival, executive
director of One Nation, One Culture Fund Tamar Poghosian said.
Members of festivals preparatory committee told yesterday’s press
conference that geography of the festival has widened and also the
number of participants has increased. According to RA president’s
aide Vigen Sargsian, last year’s festival drew 1.500 participants
from Armenia and Artsakh but this year the number of participants
from foreign countries alone is one thousand. There will be guest from
Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Lebanon, Bulgaria and France. The state
will cover travel expenses only of guests from Artsakh and Javakhk,
Mrs. Poghosian.
The program of the festival uniting Armenia and the Diaspora as well as
diverse Armenian communities with each other will include such spheres
of culture as theatre, fine arts, dancing, literature and folk art.
Armen Manukian is the art director of the festival and Hrachya
Ashughian and Lusine Martirosian are the stage directors of the
opening and closing ceremonies.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
