ARMENIAN EVENTS ABROAD

AZG Armenian Daily
16/07/2008

Culture, Diaspora

A festival dedicated to Armenian traditional music and food took
place in Canada on July 4-6. The organizers of the events emphasized
the importance of the event for the Canadian Armenian community and
expressed hope that the festival will become a tradition and will be
held once a year.

Another exhibition dedicated to Christianity in Armenia and the
Armenian Apostolic Church was opened in the town of Mindelheim,
Germany. Both ancient pieces and works by modern Armenian children are
to be exhibited. The profits from selling the items will be allocated
to physically disabled Armenian children.

An exhibition of Armenian fonts and books took place in London, July
5-12. Over 30 exemplars of books and albums dedicated to Armenian
fonts, letters design and printing were exhibited. Copies of the most
beautiful pages from the ancient Armenian manuscripts of Matenadaran
were also represented to the public. The exhibition was organized at
the Lincoln University. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Armenia to Great Britain was present to the
opening ceremony.