"ONE NATION, ONE CULTURE" FESTIVAL HAS NO AIM TO TURN INTO A PROFESSIONAL REVIEW," RA PRESIDENT’S ASSISTANT VIGEN SARGSIAN SAYS

Noyan Tapan
Jun 29 2006

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. "The "One Nation, One Culture" second
All Armenian Cultural Festival has no aim to turn into a professional
review. Our goal was to bring to Armenia the Armenian cultural groups
functioning in different colonies of the Diaspora, for them to get
to know their national culture, as well as their homeland better." RA
President’s Assistant Vigen Sargsian declared this at the concluding
conference of the "One Nation, One Culture" festival held on June
29 at the National Academy of Sciences of RA. According to him,
Armenia should undertake all possible measures for preservation of the
Armenian nation in the Diaspora, for strengthening the Armenia-Diaspora
contacts.

According to V.Sargsian, they are already discussing the issue that
not only amateurish groups, but also solo performers, professional
groups known all over the world can take part in the "One Nation,
One Culture" third All Armenian Cultural Festival.

V.Sargsian also said that "Armenia-Spyurk" forum will be held in
September in Armenia and the fourth Pan Armenian Games will be held in
2007. According to him, the retraining courses of Diasporan teachers
organized in Armenia every year have a special importance, as the
Armenian language cannot preserve in Spyurk without these teachers.

RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hasmik Poghosian, Executive
Director of the "One Nation, One Culture" Foundation Tamar Poghosian,
as well as Diasporan intellectuals took part in the conference.

According to the participants of the festival, though the festival
had some shortcomings, they are impressed and inspired. "We had
many difficulties but I hope these shortcomings will be taken into
consideration and will be organized at a higher level at the next
festivals," representative of the Austrian Armenian community Levon
Demirian said.