WEBSITE DEDICATED TO DUDUK LAUNCHED
PanARMENIAN.Net
31.03.2009 19:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On Mar. 31 Armenian Duduk Melody website presentation
was be held in RA State Museum of National Art. The website is
dedicated to UNESCO’s proclamation of Armenian duduk as a Masterpiece
of the Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity.
Website creation was made possible by UNESCO and Japanese "Preservation
of Intangible Heritages of Humanity" Fund.
Extensive information about duduk, folk instrument made of apricot
tree, as well as players and composers of duduk music is provided on
the website.
Duduk music recordings and a wide list of publications dedicated to
duduk are also included here.
A law on Intangible Cultural Heritage was passed by RA NA on Mar 30
in accordance with UNESCO, Vice Minister of Culture Gagik Gyurgyan
reported.
Gevorg Dabaghyan, Anna Mailyan and Karine Hovyannesyan were performing
at website presentation.