  Pomegranate Seed festival kicks off in Yerevan October 25, 2010 - 15:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pomegranate Seed festival dedicated to the 135th birth anniversary of renowned Armenian poet Avetik Isahakyan kicked off in Yerevan on October 25. “This festival is a real feast for me,” actor Yervand Manaryan said. “It was theater that helped the Armenians people preserve spiritual values during the years when Armenia was not independent,” he said. Chairman of Proscenium cultural and education association Georgy Khojoyan said for his part that each performance will be staged twice, as the small theater house can’t host the numerous audience. This year’s program will feature 36 performances.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
