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HUNGARY HOSTS "FAR FROM ARARAT - ARMENIAN CULTURE IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN" EXHIBITION
April 11, 2013 | 00:34
It is easy to see the parallels between the histories of the Armenian
and Hungarian nations, said Zsolt Nemeth.
Parliamentary State Secretary of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
attended the opening of the exhibition entitled "Far from Ararat -
Armenian Culture in the Carpathian Basin" on April 5.
The event was attended, among others, by Speaker of the Hungarian
Parliament Laszlo Kover and President of the Armenian-Hungarian
Cultural Association in Yerevan Anahit Simonyan, Hungarian foreign
ministry said in a statement.
The Hungarian Parliamentary State Secretary stressed that both nations
suffered significantly in the storms of history, and millions of
Armenians and Hungarians had to flee and eventually spread all over
the world; moreover, both countries had been devastated by the Tartars
and both had been conquered by the Ottoman Empire, and later, by the
Soviet Union.
The exhibition offers an excellent overview of how the Armenians
had integrated into Hungarian society and how they made their own
contribution. For instance, more than 70 Armenian military officers
fought in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-49, and such notable
Hungarians as 1956 revolutionary Gergely Pongratz, the painter Simon
Hollosy, the composer Pongrac Kacsoh and the famous photographer
George Brassai were of Armenian origin.
Zsolt Nemeth declared that the Armenians living in the diaspora
exemplify that national identity could be preserved even without
keeping the mother tongue. Today, this fact inspires the Hungarian
Government in its - rather successful - attempt to include Hungarians
living outside the country's borders in the legal and cultural life
of the mother country, he added.
The Hungarian State Secretary expressed his hope that bilateral
relations between Hungary and Armenia would be resolved and would again
reflect the friendship that had always characterized relations between
the two nations. While the exhibition, which has been organized under
the aegis of the Budapest Spring Festival, focuses on the history of
Armenians within the Carpathian basin, it also touches on the most
important elements of Armenian identity: Mount Ararat, the conversion
to Christianity in the fourth century and the creation of the Armenian
alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots.
The exhibition also displays books and artefacts from the collections
of eighteenth century Armenian churches in Transylvania that have never
been put on display at international exhibitions before. The exhibition
can be visited at the Budapest Historical Museum until September 15.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
April 11, 2013 | 00:34
It is easy to see the parallels between the histories of the Armenian
and Hungarian nations, said Zsolt Nemeth.
Parliamentary State Secretary of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
attended the opening of the exhibition entitled "Far from Ararat -
Armenian Culture in the Carpathian Basin" on April 5.
The event was attended, among others, by Speaker of the Hungarian
Parliament Laszlo Kover and President of the Armenian-Hungarian
Cultural Association in Yerevan Anahit Simonyan, Hungarian foreign
ministry said in a statement.
The Hungarian Parliamentary State Secretary stressed that both nations
suffered significantly in the storms of history, and millions of
Armenians and Hungarians had to flee and eventually spread all over
the world; moreover, both countries had been devastated by the Tartars
and both had been conquered by the Ottoman Empire, and later, by the
Soviet Union.
The exhibition offers an excellent overview of how the Armenians
had integrated into Hungarian society and how they made their own
contribution. For instance, more than 70 Armenian military officers
fought in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-49, and such notable
Hungarians as 1956 revolutionary Gergely Pongratz, the painter Simon
Hollosy, the composer Pongrac Kacsoh and the famous photographer
George Brassai were of Armenian origin.
Zsolt Nemeth declared that the Armenians living in the diaspora
exemplify that national identity could be preserved even without
keeping the mother tongue. Today, this fact inspires the Hungarian
Government in its - rather successful - attempt to include Hungarians
living outside the country's borders in the legal and cultural life
of the mother country, he added.
The Hungarian State Secretary expressed his hope that bilateral
relations between Hungary and Armenia would be resolved and would again
reflect the friendship that had always characterized relations between
the two nations. While the exhibition, which has been organized under
the aegis of the Budapest Spring Festival, focuses on the history of
Armenians within the Carpathian basin, it also touches on the most
important elements of Armenian identity: Mount Ararat, the conversion
to Christianity in the fourth century and the creation of the Armenian
alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots.
The exhibition also displays books and artefacts from the collections
of eighteenth century Armenian churches in Transylvania that have never
been put on display at international exhibitions before. The exhibition
can be visited at the Budapest Historical Museum until September 15.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress