  Rain Bride ritual dolls exhibition kicks off in Yerevan May 7, 2011 - 13:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 7, the National Gallery of Armenia launched the opening of Rain Bride ritual dolls exhibition. Works of 45 artists were exhibited. According to exhibition organizer Manan Arakelyan, the number of those wishing to participate was increasing daily. “The exhibition aims at increasing public awareness of long-forgotten national dolls,” she said. The authors of the winning exhibits will be awarded with monetary prizes of AMD 40 000, 30 000, 20 000 respectively. The winners will be determined by the ethnographer Zhenya Avetisyan and painter Lusik Aguletsi.   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. |
