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FLOWER GATHERING IN TSITSERNAKABERD
Panorama.am
27/04/2012
Today, at 10:00, at the Tsitseranakaberd Memorial the Foundation for
the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) has launched
the symbolic colorful event known as flower gathering.
FPWC in cooperation with VivaCell-MTS and the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute, organized the flower gathering at the height of the
Genocide Memorial complex. The event took place with the support of
many volunteers, organizations and representatives of international
organizations, schools and university students, who implemented the
FPWC-initiative and gave a new life to those flowers which were deposed
on April 24th, next to the Eternal Flame of the Genocide Memorial.
Every year on April 24th, thousands of people pay tribute to the
memory of the Genocide victims by bringing flowers to the Eternal
Flame. A few days later these flowers droop, die and become garbage.
However, since 2010, for three years the flower gathering event has
given a second life to these Memorial flowers which are since then
recycled.
During the flower gathering event which is part of the Earth Day
campaign, the stalk of the flowers are chaffed to become compost for
the development of the memorial gardens, and the flower petals are
carefully collected, dried and then processed.
Recycled paper is used in a very symbolic way, such as for thank-you
letters and invitations to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.
"Although we have initiated this, we strive to make the flower
gathering an event that with us or without us becomes a beautiful
tradition and has a continuous character" said the founder of the
Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC)
Ruben Khachatryan.
"Besides being a means to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent
victims, these flowers can serve to our common cause. Memorandums,
certificates of gratitude, invitations printed on paper made from
recycled flowers are unique in that they make every single flower
visible. The flowers reassert the undeniable fact of the Armenian
genocide perpetrated in the early 20th century and call everyone to
remember about it, serving as an ambassador to foreigners visiting
Armenia," mentioned VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.
From: Baghdasarian
Panorama.am
27/04/2012
Today, at 10:00, at the Tsitseranakaberd Memorial the Foundation for
the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) has launched
the symbolic colorful event known as flower gathering.
FPWC in cooperation with VivaCell-MTS and the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute, organized the flower gathering at the height of the
Genocide Memorial complex. The event took place with the support of
many volunteers, organizations and representatives of international
organizations, schools and university students, who implemented the
FPWC-initiative and gave a new life to those flowers which were deposed
on April 24th, next to the Eternal Flame of the Genocide Memorial.
Every year on April 24th, thousands of people pay tribute to the
memory of the Genocide victims by bringing flowers to the Eternal
Flame. A few days later these flowers droop, die and become garbage.
However, since 2010, for three years the flower gathering event has
given a second life to these Memorial flowers which are since then
recycled.
During the flower gathering event which is part of the Earth Day
campaign, the stalk of the flowers are chaffed to become compost for
the development of the memorial gardens, and the flower petals are
carefully collected, dried and then processed.
Recycled paper is used in a very symbolic way, such as for thank-you
letters and invitations to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.
"Although we have initiated this, we strive to make the flower
gathering an event that with us or without us becomes a beautiful
tradition and has a continuous character" said the founder of the
Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC)
Ruben Khachatryan.
"Besides being a means to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent
victims, these flowers can serve to our common cause. Memorandums,
certificates of gratitude, invitations printed on paper made from
recycled flowers are unique in that they make every single flower
visible. The flowers reassert the undeniable fact of the Armenian
genocide perpetrated in the early 20th century and call everyone to
remember about it, serving as an ambassador to foreigners visiting
Armenia," mentioned VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.
From: Baghdasarian