"BAZE" HOVERS IN HIGHLANDS OF NAGORNO KARABAKH
AZG Armenian Daily #143, 01/08/2006
Culture
Currently, "Baze" All Armenian Youth Festival is in full swing in
Nagorno Karabakh. The annual festival launched on July 26. This is
the first time that the festival is held in Nagorno Karabakh and
this conditions the utmost encouragement and enthusiasm of NKR young
people. Moreover, most of the NKr young people are engaged in the
sports cultural arrangements within the framework of the festival. 5
teams in the festival represent Artsakh, while Javakhk and Diaspora
have one team each. There are also two other teams shaped from the
winners of the singing, dancing, fashion, and intellectual and sports
competitions.
The festival activities show that the teams spare no efforst to win
the competitions.
Various NKR and Armenian high-ranked officials participated in the
opening ceremony of the festival, namely, NKR and RA Cutlure Ministers,
kamo Atayan and Hasmik Poghosian, General -Lieutenant Seyran Ohanian,
NKR Defence Minister, and many others. Mr. Ohanian stated in his
welcoming speech that the young Armenians should accumulate forces
and braveness to undertake the mission of their homeland’s liberation
and protection from the elder generation. He emphaszied that such
festivals will greatly contribute to achieving that very goal.
NKR President Arkady Ghukasian also welocmed the participants of
"Baze 2006." In particular, he stated in his welcoming speech that
"the state should support and encourgae any kind of arangemetns or
initiatives that may contribute to the rebirth of national force
among the younger generation, including "Baze" annual festival."
Artur Soghomian, head of the festival’s board, stated in the interview
to the Public TV of Artsakh that "Baze" arranegements will be held
both in the regions of Armenia and in Javakhk.
"Baze" festival junites the Armenian young people around the idea
of the national unification of the world spread nation. Soem of the
participanst pay their first visit to Artsakh, but there are also
others that visit Artsakh as a sacred tradition. The program of the
festival includes visits to the regions and the sightseeing places
of NKR in the last days of July.
"Baze 2006" is finishing on July 31. It is envisaged that teh
closing ceremony of the festival will take place in Rebirth Square
of Stepanakert. The participants and the winners of the competitions
will be awarded with prizes and medals.
By Kim Gabrielian, Stepanakert