One Nation, One Culture Festival Starts in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net

23.06.2006 13:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The second pan-Armenian festival "One Nation, One
Culture" is starting in Armenia today. Over 40 events will be held
in all the regions of Armenia, Javakhk and Nagorno Karabakh during
seven days. The festival will start with the parade of participants,
outdoor fetes and non-stop performances with elements of theater,
cinema, national music and dances. Days of theater, cinema, painting,
literature and poetry, music, dance and museums will be held.
Some 2000 people from Armenia, Russia, Italy, the U.S., Austria,
Australia, Turkey, UK, France, Iran and Syria are expected to
participate in the second pan-Armenian festival.

The festival was initiated by the Ministry of Culture and Youth and
One Nation, One Culture Fund and will be held under the RA President’s
patronage. In 2006 the state assigned 117 million drams (some $280
thousand) for the conduction of the festival, reported Novosti-Armenia.