SIX REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF BELARUS TO TAKE PART IN KAROT FESTIVAL

Noyan Tapan
June 11, 2009

MOSCOW, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Six representatives
of the Armenian community of Belarus will take part in the Karot
International Armenian Festival, which will take place in October
2009 in Moscow.

"Elimination stages were held in different cities of Belarus in April
and May, where the best candidates were selected for each nomination of
Karot festival. Karot-Miasin festival contest program, which became the
peculiar elimination stage of Moscow festival, included all directions
of Armenian music art, vocal performances, dancing, original genre,
different types of painting," festival chairman Metso Igityan noted.

According to the Novosti-Armenia agency, in Igitian’s words, the main
aim and purpose of the festival is to develop and popularize the
Armenian culture in Belarus, keep and perfect cultural traditions,
as well as to discover and realize creative abilities and talents.

During the concert, which took place in Minsk, six representatives of
Belarus, Yeghiazar Farashian (ethnographical song), Yekaterina Khudents
(variety song), Sergey Klochkov (academic song), Eduard Machkalian
(artistic whistling), Erebuni dance ensemble, Morfe Acoustic Band
instrumental ensemble were selected to take part in the Karot festival
in Moscow.