Mayor of Van convinced Armenians master land, Turks just watchmеn July 27, 2011 - 16:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The national Festival of Culture took place July 21-23 in Van. Armenia was represented by Akunk ensemble. The first day of the festival Akunk dressed in national costume walked in the streets of Van under sounds of dhol and kochari. The Armenian ensemble along with Kurdish musicians gave concert on Akhtamar island, Armenians were allocated 40 minutes. Armenians participation in the festival was supported by Prosperous Armenia Party member Aragats Akhoyan. Welcoming the guests, Mayor of Van Bekir Koyan addressed the Armenian delegation saying: “You are the masters of this land, and we are just watchmеn over it, we’ll keep it until you return.” However there was no closing of the festival, because, as it later became known, the organizers were arrested in a clash. Members of the ensemble think there were some internal problems as “kurds will never fail to remind of their problems.” Akhoyan said that Mayor of Van offered to launch Armenian cultural center in their city, though state approach is needed in everything and therefore he promised to address the Turkish government. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |