ARMENIAN BOYS AND GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN DELPHIC GAMES RETURN FROM ASTANA WITH 5 GOLD MEDALS
Noyan Tapan
Nov 02 2006
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. 13 Armenian representatives
participated in the 4th youth Delphic Games of CIS countries taken
place in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, on October 26-30, returned
with 12 prizes, including 5 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze medals and 4
diplomas. Armenian youth performed in 7 of 15 nominations: piano,
violin, flute, painting, web-design, circus art, people’s song. As
Karine Khodikian, the RA Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth Issues
mentioned at the November 1 press conference, 600 representatives from
the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
Tajikistan, Kyrghyzstan, Armenia and Kazakhstan participated in
the Delphin Games. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan did not participate
in the games. The Deputy Minister mentioned that Russia is on the
first place with the number of gold medals: 9 gold medals from 43
participants. Armenia is on the second place with 5 golden medals
and 13 participants. The Delphic Games will be held the next year, in
2007, in the capital of Belarus, Minsk. K.Khodikian mentioned besides
the competition, events were also held in the spheres of people’s
instruments and people’s applied art. According to the regulations
of holding the games, "The Delegation’s Day" event was envisaged
as well, during which the delegation of every state presented its
country’s culture, national song and dance, kitchen as well as short
information about their countries’ geography, history, traditions.
From: Baghdasarian