500,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN UNITY DANCE ROUND ARAGATS MOUNTAIN
YEREVAN, MAY 28. ARMINFO. “Unity Round dance” began in Armenia
Saturday.
According to the lists of the organizers, 350,000 people had to take
part in the arrangement, but in actual fact the number of the
participants totaled 500,000. At the same time it was planned that
160,000 people would be enough for taking part in the unity round
dance. The presidents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,
representatives of Armenian Government, headed by Defence Minister
Serge Sargsian and deputy corp take part in the event. The presidents
of the two countries took part in the round dance of unity near the
village of Hartavan, where they arrived by a helicopter after taking
part in the arrangement in the historical complex of Sardarapat.
Numerous guests from abroad had arrived to take part in the
arrangement. According to the organizers of the arrangement, guests
from all the communities of the Armenian diaspora, as well as from NKR
and the Armenian-populated region of Georgia Samtskhe-Javakheti had
arrived to take part in the round dance. Catholicos of All Armenians
Garegin II gave blessing to the participants of the roundtable, where
representatives of the Armenian Apostolic Church took part as well.
The representatives of the Armenian diaspora, who could not take part
in the unity round dance, have decided to organize small round dances
in their countries. The arrangement was organized charitable and
nongovernmental organization and is not finances by governmental
funds. The organizers say that the Unity Round dance symbolized the
unity of the Armenian nation.