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Traditional Vardaton dedicated to Sayat Nova to be celebrated on May 19
17:57 15.05.2013
Alisa Gevorgyan
`Radiolur'
The traditional Vardaton (Feast of Roses) dedicated to Sayat Nova will
be held on May 19 thanks to joint efforts of the Armenian Ministry of
Culture, the Sayat-Nova Culture Union and the Yerevan City Hall.
Vardaton is traditionally celebrated in Georgia every year. This year
the event will take place on May 26 in the yard of St. Gevorg Church
in Tbilisi.
Vardaton was first celebrated in Tbilisi in 1914 at the initiative of
Hovhannes Tumanyan and landscape painter Gevorg Bashinjaghyan. Every
year participants lay one rose each at Sayat Nova's grave. Since 2005
Vardaton has been celebrated in Armenia, as well.
According to RA People's Artist Tovmas Poghosyan, Artistic Director of
the Sayat Nova Ensemble of Public Radio of Armenia, the feast is a
unique call to learn about the phenomenon of Sayat Nova and pass his
huge legacy to the coming generations.
`There are heavenly rewards, which are a blessing to the people and
age they belong to,' Tovmas Poghosyan quoted Valery Bryusov as saying
about Sayat Nova.
`He was a cultural genius, whose legacy has enriched the cultural
treasury of three nations,' Tovmas Poghosyan said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/05/15/traditional-vardaton-dedicated-to-sayat-nova-to-be-celebrated-on-may-19/
From: Baghdasarian
17:57 15.05.2013
Alisa Gevorgyan
`Radiolur'
The traditional Vardaton (Feast of Roses) dedicated to Sayat Nova will
be held on May 19 thanks to joint efforts of the Armenian Ministry of
Culture, the Sayat-Nova Culture Union and the Yerevan City Hall.
Vardaton is traditionally celebrated in Georgia every year. This year
the event will take place on May 26 in the yard of St. Gevorg Church
in Tbilisi.
Vardaton was first celebrated in Tbilisi in 1914 at the initiative of
Hovhannes Tumanyan and landscape painter Gevorg Bashinjaghyan. Every
year participants lay one rose each at Sayat Nova's grave. Since 2005
Vardaton has been celebrated in Armenia, as well.
According to RA People's Artist Tovmas Poghosyan, Artistic Director of
the Sayat Nova Ensemble of Public Radio of Armenia, the feast is a
unique call to learn about the phenomenon of Sayat Nova and pass his
huge legacy to the coming generations.
`There are heavenly rewards, which are a blessing to the people and
age they belong to,' Tovmas Poghosyan quoted Valery Bryusov as saying
about Sayat Nova.
`He was a cultural genius, whose legacy has enriched the cultural
treasury of three nations,' Tovmas Poghosyan said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/05/15/traditional-vardaton-dedicated-to-sayat-nova-to-be-celebrated-on-may-19/
From: Baghdasarian