ACCORDING TO OBSERVATIONS OF CULTURAL ATTACHES OF EMBASSIES OF FRANCE AND SYRIA, ARMENIANS HAVE EXCLUSIVE, PURELY ARMENIAN CULTURE
Noyan Tapan
Mar 12 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia being on the borderline of
eastern and western civilizations, nevertheless, has an exclusive,
purely Armenian culture, which has been also enriched by the best
traditions of eastern and western civilizations. Cultural Attaches
of Embassies of France and Syria in Armenia, Annie Monelli and
Muhamadia Alnasani expressed such an opinion at the March 12 meeting
in Yerevan on the subject Armenia as a Crossroad of Western and
Eastern Civilizations. "Coming to Armenia I hoped to see a western
culture here, but I came and felt that I am partly in an eastern
country," Annie Monelli said. In her words, this eastern orientation is
especially felt at the market, in the variety and abundance of spices,
as well as in the song and dance. "I am surprised at the refined taste
of Armenian women’s dressing, their conduct, but when they dance,
the eastern element is at once expressed," the Cultural Attache of
French Embassy stated. Cultural Attache of Embassy of Syria to Armenia
Muhamadia Alnasani agreeing to her colleague’s observations, added
that Armenians are closer to the eastern civilization, as distance
between Armenia and Syria is only 2000 km and for Armenians like
Syrians the tradition of family also has a peculiar role.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
