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CHARENTS POETRY FESTIVAL IN SHUSHI
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Published: Wednesday July 25, 2012
One of the poetry contest participants.
Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh - Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel held the first
Poetry Festival in Shushi, involving over 50 students ranging in age
from 9 to 16 in a contest on July 6 and 7.
These students represented winners of poetry contests organized by
the Artsakh's ministry of education; schools from all Artsakh regions
had taken part in the contest. This year's festival was dedicated to
Armenian great poet Yeghishe Charents for his 150th birthday. Students
from Artsakh schools were broken into three age groups and competed
for prizes in each age group. Winners of Yerevan State University's
Poetry contest and students from dance and singing academy took part
in the festival as presenters.
Poetry organizing committee consisted of Alec Baghdasaryan, President
of Avan Ishkhan Partnership Group, Dr. Gourgen Melikyan, Dean of
Eastern Armenian Studies and Dr. Artsrun Avakyan, Dean of Language,
Yerevan State University; prominent Armenian poets Lala Mnacakanyan
and Samvel Baghimian who along with Naira Martirosyan of thw Education
Ministry of Artsakh, acted as the Jury for the contest.
"We are very excited about the success of our first annual Poetry
Festival," said Alec Baghdasaryan of Avan Ishkhan partnership,
"we are continuously looking for ways to return Shushi to its past
glory as a cultural center for Armenians by taking on projects which
will contribute to development of Shushi as a cultural center. We
believe that our Poetry Festival is a fitting event to be conducted
in Shushi annually.
"We are committed to the continued success of this project and will
work with Armenia and Diaspora schools and organizations, to expand
the list of schools participating in the future poetry festivals. Our
goal is to expand the festival in coming years to include students from
Diaspora schools as contest participants as well as guest presenters
from around the world to enrich the program."
Avan Ishkhan partnership is an entity formed for development of
a touristic district in Shushi. Avan Ishkhan Partnership projects
include development of the Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel, the Eastern Shouka
(Bazzar), the Eastern Bath as well as many other historic buildings
in the heart of Shushi.
A video of festival can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PcCgtBuaTo. For inquiries regarding
taking part in future festivals please contact Alec Baghdasaryan or
Sargis Galstyan via [email protected].
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From: Mihran Keheyian
Subject: Charents poetry festival in Shushi
Charents poetry festival in Shushi
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-07-25-charents-poetry-festival-in-shushi-
Published: Wednesday July 25, 2012
One of the poetry contest participants.
Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh - Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel held the first
Poetry Festival in Shushi, involving over 50 students ranging in age
from 9 to 16 in a contest on July 6 and 7.
These students represented winners of poetry contests organized by the
Artsakh's ministry of education; schools from all Artsakh regions had
taken part in the contest. This year's festival was dedicated to
Armenian great poet Yeghishe Charents for his 150th birthday. Students
from Artsakh schools were broken into three age groups and competed
for prizes in each age group. Winners of Yerevan State University's
Poetry contest and students from dance and singing academy took part
in the festival as presenters.
Poetry organizing committee consisted of Alec Baghdasaryan, President
of Avan Ishkhan Partnership Group, Dr. Gourgen Melikyan, Dean of
Eastern Armenian Studies and Dr. Artsrun Avakyan, Dean of Language,
Yerevan State University; prominent Armenian poets Lala Mnacakanyan
and Samvel Baghimian who along with Naira Martirosyan of thw Education
Ministry of Artsakh, acted as the Jury for the contest.
"We are very excited about the success of our first annual Poetry
Festival," said Alec Baghdasaryan of Avan Ishkhan partnership, "we are
continuously looking for ways to return Shushi to its past glory as a
cultural center for Armenians by taking on projects which will
contribute to development of Shushi as a cultural center. We believe
that our Poetry Festival is a fitting event to be conducted in Shushi
annually.
"We are committed to the continued success of this project and will
work with Armenia and Diaspora schools and organizations, to expand
the list of schools participating in the future poetry festivals. Our
goal is to expand the festival in coming years to include students
from Diaspora schools as contest participants as well as guest
presenters from around the world to enrich the program."
Avan Ishkhan partnership is an entity formed for development of a
touristic district in Shushi. Avan Ishkhan Partnership projects
include development of the Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel, the Eastern Shouka
(Bazzar), the Eastern Bath as well as many other historic buildings in
the heart of Shushi.
A video of festival can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PcCgtBuaTo. For inquiries regarding
taking part in future festivals please contact Alec Baghdasaryan or
Sargis Galstyan via [email protected].
From: A. Papazian
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-07-25-charents-poetry-festival-in-shushi-
Published: Wednesday July 25, 2012
One of the poetry contest participants.
Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh - Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel held the first
Poetry Festival in Shushi, involving over 50 students ranging in age
from 9 to 16 in a contest on July 6 and 7.
These students represented winners of poetry contests organized by
the Artsakh's ministry of education; schools from all Artsakh regions
had taken part in the contest. This year's festival was dedicated to
Armenian great poet Yeghishe Charents for his 150th birthday. Students
from Artsakh schools were broken into three age groups and competed
for prizes in each age group. Winners of Yerevan State University's
Poetry contest and students from dance and singing academy took part
in the festival as presenters.
Poetry organizing committee consisted of Alec Baghdasaryan, President
of Avan Ishkhan Partnership Group, Dr. Gourgen Melikyan, Dean of
Eastern Armenian Studies and Dr. Artsrun Avakyan, Dean of Language,
Yerevan State University; prominent Armenian poets Lala Mnacakanyan
and Samvel Baghimian who along with Naira Martirosyan of thw Education
Ministry of Artsakh, acted as the Jury for the contest.
"We are very excited about the success of our first annual Poetry
Festival," said Alec Baghdasaryan of Avan Ishkhan partnership,
"we are continuously looking for ways to return Shushi to its past
glory as a cultural center for Armenians by taking on projects which
will contribute to development of Shushi as a cultural center. We
believe that our Poetry Festival is a fitting event to be conducted
in Shushi annually.
"We are committed to the continued success of this project and will
work with Armenia and Diaspora schools and organizations, to expand
the list of schools participating in the future poetry festivals. Our
goal is to expand the festival in coming years to include students from
Diaspora schools as contest participants as well as guest presenters
from around the world to enrich the program."
Avan Ishkhan partnership is an entity formed for development of
a touristic district in Shushi. Avan Ishkhan Partnership projects
include development of the Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel, the Eastern Shouka
(Bazzar), the Eastern Bath as well as many other historic buildings
in the heart of Shushi.
A video of festival can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PcCgtBuaTo. For inquiries regarding
taking part in future festivals please contact Alec Baghdasaryan or
Sargis Galstyan via [email protected].
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From: Mihran Keheyian
Subject: Charents poetry festival in Shushi
Charents poetry festival in Shushi
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-07-25-charents-poetry-festival-in-shushi-
Published: Wednesday July 25, 2012
One of the poetry contest participants.
Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh - Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel held the first
Poetry Festival in Shushi, involving over 50 students ranging in age
from 9 to 16 in a contest on July 6 and 7.
These students represented winners of poetry contests organized by the
Artsakh's ministry of education; schools from all Artsakh regions had
taken part in the contest. This year's festival was dedicated to
Armenian great poet Yeghishe Charents for his 150th birthday. Students
from Artsakh schools were broken into three age groups and competed
for prizes in each age group. Winners of Yerevan State University's
Poetry contest and students from dance and singing academy took part
in the festival as presenters.
Poetry organizing committee consisted of Alec Baghdasaryan, President
of Avan Ishkhan Partnership Group, Dr. Gourgen Melikyan, Dean of
Eastern Armenian Studies and Dr. Artsrun Avakyan, Dean of Language,
Yerevan State University; prominent Armenian poets Lala Mnacakanyan
and Samvel Baghimian who along with Naira Martirosyan of thw Education
Ministry of Artsakh, acted as the Jury for the contest.
"We are very excited about the success of our first annual Poetry
Festival," said Alec Baghdasaryan of Avan Ishkhan partnership, "we are
continuously looking for ways to return Shushi to its past glory as a
cultural center for Armenians by taking on projects which will
contribute to development of Shushi as a cultural center. We believe
that our Poetry Festival is a fitting event to be conducted in Shushi
annually.
"We are committed to the continued success of this project and will
work with Armenia and Diaspora schools and organizations, to expand
the list of schools participating in the future poetry festivals. Our
goal is to expand the festival in coming years to include students
from Diaspora schools as contest participants as well as guest
presenters from around the world to enrich the program."
Avan Ishkhan partnership is an entity formed for development of a
touristic district in Shushi. Avan Ishkhan Partnership projects
include development of the Avan Shushi Plaza Hotel, the Eastern Shouka
(Bazzar), the Eastern Bath as well as many other historic buildings in
the heart of Shushi.
A video of festival can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PcCgtBuaTo. For inquiries regarding
taking part in future festivals please contact Alec Baghdasaryan or
Sargis Galstyan via [email protected].
From: A. Papazian