YEREVAN TO HOST THIRD WINTER FESTIVAL FROM DEC. 17, 2009 TILL JAN. 6, 2010

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.12.2009 17:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ From December 17, 2009 till January 6, 2010,
Yerevan will host the third Armenia 2009 Winter Festival (organizer:
Kanachastan NGO).

"The festival aims to impart joy to winter holidays," said Kanachastan
NGO Chair Raffi Naziblyan

Official opening is due on December 17 in Arno Babajanyan concert
hall. Ceremony will be followed by a fir tree exhibition in lovers’
park and a Winter Procession. By December 16, festival organization
committee will accept and select the best sketches of Kaghand Papa,
the Armenian model of Santa Claus, which will be shown to public
on December 19. "Live Manger", a 20-minute performance about the
birth of Jesus Christ, will be staged in Abovyan street, not far
from Katoghike church. Festival program also includes winter games
and exhibition of Armenian dishes.

"Such events are important as they help to shape a tradition of
holidays," Naziblyan said in conclusion.

This is the third Armenian winter festival organized in cooperation
with Deem Communications. Festival sponsors are ministries of economy
and culture, Yerevan Municipality and Bogossian Gardens foundation.