Since midday, the guests enjoyed live music, folk dances, the Armenian cuisine, participated in interactive plays, chess games, visited various thematic exhibitions, shows, participated in readings, a mini football tournament was organized for schoolchildren. Not only Armenians gathered in Palermo: the festival interested both local residents and numerous tourists.
A concert was performed by singers Grigor Mirzoyan, Arman Gasparyan, several groups of Armenian folk dances Masis, Gayane, Nairi, Narekatsi, Nor Araks, violinist Aida Simonyan, and other artists, who received a hearty response from the public.
Speaking about the atmosphere that surrounded the festival, the photos of its participants and guests speak eloquently. The event was a part of the “Buenos Aires Celebra” program designed to honor the communities living in Argentina and develop intercultural ties.
Photo: barev.today
The story of one of Yerevan's oldest burial grounds, erased in the 1930s Show Image…
How the cuneiform archives of the Hittite capital came to record a powerful mountain kingdom…
Excavations on the northwestern edge of the Armenian capital have uncovered an open-air Upper Paleolithic…
Karakuş ("Black Bird") — a hierothesion of the Orontid dynasty in the Nymphaios valley Introduction…
A tiny cross-domed church on a rocky outcrop above one of Armenia’s oldest villages —…
About a 10-minute read In Brief The classic formula reads: "The Armenians (Armenia) were the…