Armenian Folk Band Kusan performs at festival in ArgentinaJanuary 29, 2015 - 13:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Folk Band Kusan performed for the first time in history at the National Folklore Festival of Cosquin, Argentina, earlier this week, Prensa Armenia reports. "Despite the genocide, they are here. They kept their identity and cultural legacy and transmitted it to humanity," said the presenter of the most important festival of folk music in Argentina and Latin America. "From the beginning, people connected with us. When we spoke about the genocide, people joined us. We perceived a feeling of solidarity," said Enrique Avakian, director and creator of Kusan after the show, which concluded with performance of traditional Argentinean songs like Carnavalito and Zamba para olvidar with the Armenian instruments. The Cosquin Folk Festival lasts nine days and brings together the most important folklore musicians and bands of the continent. Photo: Prensa Armenia 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 | 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. |