ARMENIAN DAYS IN SWEDEN
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| 11:38:18 | 18-04-2005 | Social |
In the Swedish town Uppsala the event called «Armenian days» has
started. The main aim of the program is to introduce the 1st Genocide
of the 20th century to the Swedish political and social wide sections
and to demand Turkey to recognize the Genocide.
The exhibition called «Cultural Genocide» was opened by Sessile
Vixtrem, delegate of the Rix Dag.
The exhibition prepared by the Armenian Architectural Investigation
Center was first shown in the European Parliament in September on
the initiative of the European Armenians Committee.
Ulf Byorklund, professor of the Stockholm University Philosophy
faculty, made a speech with the theme «Armenia, Armenians and
Diaspora ~V after the Genocide». After that Jan-Bet Savos, science
investigator of the Stockholm Souderton University made a speech with
the theme «The Turkish Archives and the Genocide». The speaker has
worked on different archive materials for a along time.
The Armenian duduk and the Armenian music also sounded in Sweden,
and Armenian film were shown.
The «Armenian» events will last till April 24 in Sweden. On that day
the memorial evening devoted to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide will be solemnly celebrated.
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