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PASADENA ARMENIAN IDENTITY FESITVAL TO CELEBRATE THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST PRINTED ARMENIAN BOOK
ARMENPRESS
17 July, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS: This year's fifth annual Armenian
Identity Festival Sunday at Victory Park is celebrating the 500th
anniversary of the first printed Armenian book, reports Armenpress
citing Pasadena Star News.
The free festival, presented by the Armenian Community Coalition of
Pasadena and the Armenian Identity Harvest, is a colorful display
and celebration of Armenian culture, including its literature,
architecture, dance, music and cuisine.
Last year's event attracted as many as 3,000 attendees from
around the region, said Khatchik 'Chris' Chahinian, chairman of
the Armenian Community Coalition of Pasadena. 'Five years ago, we
started celebrating Armenian culture, Armenian heritage' in Pasadena,
Chahinian said. 'We're keeping the tradition to make this event a
community event. Diversity is good for our community.'
The Armenian prayer book 'Ourpatakirk,' or the 'Book of Friday,' became
the first Armenian book when it was published by Hagop Meghabard in
1512 in Venice, Italy, said Armenian-American author John Ahmaranian
of Pasadena. Several years before Gutenberg's death in 1468, Meghabard
invented the Armenian type mold, "which made printing from movable
metallic type practical for the first time,' Ahmaranian said.
'After many massacres, after many upheavals in our history, we still
have 40,000 handwritten Armenian manuscripts were transformed into
books at the beginning of the 16th century until now,' Ahmaranian said
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ARMENPRESS
17 July, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS: This year's fifth annual Armenian
Identity Festival Sunday at Victory Park is celebrating the 500th
anniversary of the first printed Armenian book, reports Armenpress
citing Pasadena Star News.
The free festival, presented by the Armenian Community Coalition of
Pasadena and the Armenian Identity Harvest, is a colorful display
and celebration of Armenian culture, including its literature,
architecture, dance, music and cuisine.
Last year's event attracted as many as 3,000 attendees from
around the region, said Khatchik 'Chris' Chahinian, chairman of
the Armenian Community Coalition of Pasadena. 'Five years ago, we
started celebrating Armenian culture, Armenian heritage' in Pasadena,
Chahinian said. 'We're keeping the tradition to make this event a
community event. Diversity is good for our community.'
The Armenian prayer book 'Ourpatakirk,' or the 'Book of Friday,' became
the first Armenian book when it was published by Hagop Meghabard in
1512 in Venice, Italy, said Armenian-American author John Ahmaranian
of Pasadena. Several years before Gutenberg's death in 1468, Meghabard
invented the Armenian type mold, "which made printing from movable
metallic type practical for the first time,' Ahmaranian said.
'After many massacres, after many upheavals in our history, we still
have 40,000 handwritten Armenian manuscripts were transformed into
books at the beginning of the 16th century until now,' Ahmaranian said
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