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1,500 torches lit in Yerevan
24.04.2005 14:45
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - 1,500 torches were lit late on April 23 on the
Republican Square in central Yerevan in commemoration of the 90th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The fire for the first torch was brought on a white armored personnel
carrier, and the torchlight procession, organized by the Armenian
Youth Federation and the ARF's Nikol Aghbalian Student Union, began
its annual march to the Armenian Genocide Memorial.
Armenian clerics, with a huge cross above their heads, were in the
front of the procession that was accompanied by drums beating. Tens of
thousands of young people carried hundreds of national flags alongside
a 30-meter long Armenian tricolor, sang patriotic songs and chanted
"recognition."
After their arrival at the Memorial, a group of singers, including
American Daniel Decker, German Kye Augaten, Bulgarian Tsvetan
Tsvetkov, Finnish Inkaand Moldavian Vitali Dani, sang the song
"Adana," written by Decker, in 8 languages.
24.04.2005 14:45
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - 1,500 torches were lit late on April 23 on the
Republican Square in central Yerevan in commemoration of the 90th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The fire for the first torch was brought on a white armored personnel
carrier, and the torchlight procession, organized by the Armenian
Youth Federation and the ARF's Nikol Aghbalian Student Union, began
its annual march to the Armenian Genocide Memorial.
Armenian clerics, with a huge cross above their heads, were in the
front of the procession that was accompanied by drums beating. Tens of
thousands of young people carried hundreds of national flags alongside
a 30-meter long Armenian tricolor, sang patriotic songs and chanted
"recognition."
After their arrival at the Memorial, a group of singers, including
American Daniel Decker, German Kye Augaten, Bulgarian Tsvetan
Tsvetkov, Finnish Inkaand Moldavian Vitali Dani, sang the song
"Adana," written by Decker, in 8 languages.