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  • Yerevan To Host Third Winter Festival From Dec. 17, 2009 Till Jan. 6

    YEREVAN TO HOST THIRD WINTER FESTIVAL FROM DEC. 17, 2009 TILL JAN. 6, 2010

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    09.12.2009 17:12 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ From December 17, 2009 till January 6, 2010,
    Yerevan will host the third Armenia 2009 Winter Festival (organizer:
    Kanachastan NGO).

    "The festival aims to impart joy to winter holidays," said Kanachastan
    NGO Chair Raffi Naziblyan

    Official opening is due on December 17 in Arno Babajanyan concert
    hall. Ceremony will be followed by a fir tree exhibition in lovers'
    park and a Winter Procession. By December 16, festival organization
    committee will accept and select the best sketches of Kaghand Papa,
    the Armenian model of Santa Claus, which will be shown to public
    on December 19. "Live Manger", a 20-minute performance about the
    birth of Jesus Christ, will be staged in Abovyan street, not far
    from Katoghike church. Festival program also includes winter games
    and exhibition of Armenian dishes.

    "Such events are important as they help to shape a tradition of
    holidays," Naziblyan said in conclusion.

    This is the third Armenian winter festival organized in cooperation
    with Deem Communications. Festival sponsors are ministries of economy
    and culture, Yerevan Municipality and Bogossian Gardens foundation.
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