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ARMENIAN GROUPS PROTEST OTTOMAN MILTARY MARCHING BAND EVENT IN HOLLYWOOD
Glendale News Press
Sept 27 2011
CA
The event, opponents say, glorifies Turkey's military past and is an
affront to the Armenian Diaspora.
Armenian organizations are denouncing a planned performance by an
Ottoman military marching band in Hollywood.
The event planned for Oct. 3 on Hollywood Boulevard between Highland
and La Brea avenues has drawn widespread condemnation from Armenian
groups, including the Armenian Youth Federation, which plans to
protest the marching band.
Opponents to the march say the presence of the band, which represents
the military glory of Turkey, is an affront to the largest Armenian
population outside Armenia. Ottoman-Turks killed roughly 1.5 million
Armenians from 1915 to 1923, resulting in the first modern-day
genocide.
A statement released today by the Armenian National Committee of
America said that for the parade to be historically accurate, "one
would need to envision the band marching alongside the hundreds of
thousands of Armenian women and children who perished in the Anatolian
deserts at the hands of those Ottoman soldiers."
The organization went on to call the event "tantamount to hate speech
and harassment."
Ottoman military marching bands -- which feature loud symbols, horns
and shallow percussion -- are generally considered to be the oldest
form of military marching band in the world.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/tn-818-0927-band,0,7211691.story
Glendale News Press
Sept 27 2011
CA
The event, opponents say, glorifies Turkey's military past and is an
affront to the Armenian Diaspora.
Armenian organizations are denouncing a planned performance by an
Ottoman military marching band in Hollywood.
The event planned for Oct. 3 on Hollywood Boulevard between Highland
and La Brea avenues has drawn widespread condemnation from Armenian
groups, including the Armenian Youth Federation, which plans to
protest the marching band.
Opponents to the march say the presence of the band, which represents
the military glory of Turkey, is an affront to the largest Armenian
population outside Armenia. Ottoman-Turks killed roughly 1.5 million
Armenians from 1915 to 1923, resulting in the first modern-day
genocide.
A statement released today by the Armenian National Committee of
America said that for the parade to be historically accurate, "one
would need to envision the band marching alongside the hundreds of
thousands of Armenian women and children who perished in the Anatolian
deserts at the hands of those Ottoman soldiers."
The organization went on to call the event "tantamount to hate speech
and harassment."
Ottoman military marching bands -- which feature loud symbols, horns
and shallow percussion -- are generally considered to be the oldest
form of military marching band in the world.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/tn-818-0927-band,0,7211691.story