VivaCell-MTS Promotes International Festival Of Puppet Theaters In A

VIVACELL-MTS PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PUPPET THEATERS IN ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2009 11:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On September 5, VivaCell-MTS announced the opening
of the Tumanyan Fairy Tale Day International Puppet Theater Festival
in Dsegh, Lori, the home village of the world known Armenian writer
Hovhannes Tumanyan.

"VivaCell-MTS support to Armenian children is a commitment we are
adamant to keep. A smile brought to our children’s face is worth
treasures. The international festival of puppet theaters in Armenia
is helping us to support the preservation of Armenian cultural
traditions and educating our young generation in different tools,"
stated VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

Now for the fourth year, the festival gathers puppeteer
companies from Armenia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Georgia,
and Nagorno-Karabakh. Among the participants of the festival is the
"Puy-puy" Theater after Derenik Demirchyan from Javahk.

The opening ceremony was followed by open-air celebration activities
and the first performances of the participants. The main program of
the festival will continue in the following days in the halls of the
Dsegh culture house and the village administration premise and will
be summarized with the awarding ceremony on September 10.

The festival will be finalized on September 18 by a theatrical
performance in Yerevan and the honoring of the festival supporters
and friends.

The program of the festival also includes master classes in puppet art,
exhibitions, daily evening clubs, excursions, and film screenings.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS