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TRADITIONAL TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION WILL BE HELD IN YEREVAN ON THE NIGHT OF APR. 23/24
PanArmenian News
April 20 2009
Armenia
Traditional torchlight procession will be held in Yerevan on the
night of Apr. 23/24 to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide
of 1915. Procession participants will meet at Matenadaran to proceed
to Tsitsernakaberd, The Armenian Genocide Victims Memorial. The
procession will start by burning Turkish flag and using the flame to
light torchlights. The tradition was first initiated by Nikol Abgalyan
Dashnaktasutyun Student Council in 2000.
PanArmenian News
April 20 2009
Armenia
Traditional torchlight procession will be held in Yerevan on the
night of Apr. 23/24 to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide
of 1915. Procession participants will meet at Matenadaran to proceed
to Tsitsernakaberd, The Armenian Genocide Victims Memorial. The
procession will start by burning Turkish flag and using the flame to
light torchlights. The tradition was first initiated by Nikol Abgalyan
Dashnaktasutyun Student Council in 2000.