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COMMENTATORS DERIDE YEREVAN-EREBOUNI CELEBRATIONS AS WASTEFUL
Narek Aleksanyan
hetq
14:30, October 23, 2012
Several public commentators in Armenia criticized the significance
of the recent Yerevan-Erebouni festivities, calling them financially
wasteful and void of true cultural significance.
Karineh Hakobyan said that mass public celebrations like
Yerevan-Erebouni were not only a drain on the Armenian budget, but
that such annual festivities also psychologically drained our culture.
"The money spent could have cleaned up the entire Komitas Park. Four
years from now we will mark the 2,800th anniversary of Yerevan. But it
will not be celebrated in proper style since we celebrate the holiday
every year. It loses its significance. Other countries celebrate the
anniversary of cities every ten or twenty five years," Hakobyan said.
She argued that such celebrations are just opportunities for the
public to have some fun but have nothing to do with preserving our
core cultural values.
"People love the city by taking care of it and not by participating in
festivities. If you really want to properly prepare for the 2,800th
Yerevan-Erebouni anniversary, let's start by cleaning and greening
the city rather than allowing for construction all over the place,"
Hakobyan noted.
Architect Levon Igityan said there was nothing healthy in mob
psychology and that mass celebrations were void of cultural value.
Igityan added that the government was not to blame, however, since
some celebrations are organized by individuals and groups.
From: A. Papazian
Narek Aleksanyan
hetq
14:30, October 23, 2012
Several public commentators in Armenia criticized the significance
of the recent Yerevan-Erebouni festivities, calling them financially
wasteful and void of true cultural significance.
Karineh Hakobyan said that mass public celebrations like
Yerevan-Erebouni were not only a drain on the Armenian budget, but
that such annual festivities also psychologically drained our culture.
"The money spent could have cleaned up the entire Komitas Park. Four
years from now we will mark the 2,800th anniversary of Yerevan. But it
will not be celebrated in proper style since we celebrate the holiday
every year. It loses its significance. Other countries celebrate the
anniversary of cities every ten or twenty five years," Hakobyan said.
She argued that such celebrations are just opportunities for the
public to have some fun but have nothing to do with preserving our
core cultural values.
"People love the city by taking care of it and not by participating in
festivities. If you really want to properly prepare for the 2,800th
Yerevan-Erebouni anniversary, let's start by cleaning and greening
the city rather than allowing for construction all over the place,"
Hakobyan noted.
Architect Levon Igityan said there was nothing healthy in mob
psychology and that mass celebrations were void of cultural value.
Igityan added that the government was not to blame, however, since
some celebrations are organized by individuals and groups.
From: A. Papazian