"SEED OF POMEGRANATE" TO KICK OFF ON OCTOBER 22

Panorama.am
17:22 17/10/2007

"The fact that "Seed of Pomegranate" is number 7 speaks about the
significance of this festival. We have one aim – the return culture
back to regions because the culture of the nation is formed there,"
Hasmik Karapetyan, organization committee chairperson of 7th children’s
and youngsters’ theater festival, told a news conference today.

>From October 22 to November 2, Puppet Theater after Hovanes
Tumanyan and Pan National State Theater will host 19 children and
youth theater groups from Yerevan, Aragatsots, Armavir, Ararat,
Kotaik, Shirak and Gegharkunik regions. "We try to create a theater
environment in different republican regions – for children living
in villages. Fourteen out of 19 invited groups are from regions,"
Karapetyan said. In her words, the organizers of the festival try to
discover and support the newly emerging theatrical groups.