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DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KESSAB SCREENED IN YEREVAN
April 04, 2014 | 15:17
YEREVAN. - The first part of Kessab film series was screened at the
Media Center in Yerevan on Friday.
The first film presents history of ancient Armenian regions located
on the coast of Mediterranean Sea on the border with Syria and Turkey.
The main characters are people of a unique Armenian cultural island -
Kessab. They represent their history from the time of Tigranes the
Great till the 21st century. They also touch upon deportation and
robbery organized byTurks in 1909, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and
return to native lands three years later.
The native of Kessab, ethnographer Hagop Cholakian, Arabic scholar
Nizar Khalili tell the story of Kessab based on facts. The inhabitants
of Armenian-populated settlement from small children to the elderly
present their stories and cultural traditions.
A 102 -year-old native of Kessab Galil Nana (Galiliya Manchikyan)
tells about her memories connected with the genocide.
The authors of documentary filmed in 2009-2010 are Hamazasp Keshishian,
Nane Bagratuni, Liparit Asatrtyan.
In the early morning on March 21, armed militants from the Jabhat
al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated into northern Syria's
Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly inhabited by Armenians
and Alawites, from four directions.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
April 04, 2014 | 15:17
YEREVAN. - The first part of Kessab film series was screened at the
Media Center in Yerevan on Friday.
The first film presents history of ancient Armenian regions located
on the coast of Mediterranean Sea on the border with Syria and Turkey.
The main characters are people of a unique Armenian cultural island -
Kessab. They represent their history from the time of Tigranes the
Great till the 21st century. They also touch upon deportation and
robbery organized byTurks in 1909, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and
return to native lands three years later.
The native of Kessab, ethnographer Hagop Cholakian, Arabic scholar
Nizar Khalili tell the story of Kessab based on facts. The inhabitants
of Armenian-populated settlement from small children to the elderly
present their stories and cultural traditions.
A 102 -year-old native of Kessab Galil Nana (Galiliya Manchikyan)
tells about her memories connected with the genocide.
The authors of documentary filmed in 2009-2010 are Hamazasp Keshishian,
Nane Bagratuni, Liparit Asatrtyan.
In the early morning on March 21, armed militants from the Jabhat
al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated into northern Syria's
Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly inhabited by Armenians
and Alawites, from four directions.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am