On February 19, on the book giving day, the honoring evening of distinguished pedagogue, intellectual Albert Papyan was held at the Zhirayr Ananyan community culture house in Berd. The event was dedicated to Albert Papyan’s  75th birthday.

At the end of the event, Albert Papyan was awarded by the head of the Berd community for his significant contribution to the preservation of the dialect, folklore, traditions, education and upbringing of the young generation of Berd.

Ahead of the book giving day, the children’s library of the Noyemberyan Culture Center hosted the students of Baghanis Kindergarten.

The city library named after Ignat Mamyan of Noyemberyan, in turn, prepared several bundles of books from the library’s fund for Jujevan and Dovegh libraries, as well as the library of mountaineers of Karmir village.

The video by Tavush Media Reporter Hranush Ananyan.

“Patriotism begins with the recognition of our Homeland, and the first way to know ourselves is in the national culture.”

In the video of Tavush Media reporter Hranush Ananyan, it is art critic Anush Hakobyan, who considers it her mission to make Armenian culture and art recognizable, close and understandable to everyone and first of all to ourselves.

Anush Hakobyan’s Art Discovery project presents a series of trainings for everyone to study and recognize Armenian and International culture.

Albert Papyan has many things to tell and to teach and we were hosted to listen to his Tavush Talk.

Writer, pedagogue Albert Papyan studied at the Faculty of Armenian Philology of the Kh. Abovyan Pedagogical Institute. He worked in the schools of Artsvaberd, Nerqin Karmiraghbyur and Berd as a teacher, deputy director, director. Later, he worked in the public education department as manager, head of the culture department.

In 1993, he established Berd School Number 4 and worked until 2011. Then he retired.

Sometimes he wrote poems. After retiring he has started writing more.

Tamzara is an Armenian dance, more specifically, a wedding dance. On the initiative of a group of young people and in cooperation with Hatik and Shushiki Band, in the Political Cafe of Ijevan, an evening was dedicated to the preserving, appreciating and simply enjoying the national.

Art, Dilijan and old and new times. this time Hrant Ghazumyan and our team visited Dilijan to have high-standard coffee with artist-stylist Hasmik Soghomonyan.

The conversation with Hasmik is about her childhood in Dilijan, creating art in the province, teaching, working with children and learning non-stop.

On the initiative of the Ijevan municipality, an exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of painter Samvel Melkumyan, a member of the Union of Artists, was held in the “Vernatun” gallery. The head of the Ijevan community, Artur Chagharyan, artists, representatives of the spiritual class, and citizens who love art participated in the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

Father Abel Kartashyan, head of the Department of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth of Ijevan municipalityշ Lilit Ghalumyanշ and painter Hamlet Asatryan made speeches շand introduced Samvel Melkumyan, the man and the artist, after which the art-loving society of the community had the opportunity to get acquainted with the works of Samvel Melkumyan.

Lavrenti Mirzoyan, the president of “Tavush” patriotic union, talks about his work and “book” rich biography, always inseparable from Tavush, about valuing and preserving our heritage, as well as about facing new opportunities and ideas.

“The Capture of Fort Tmuk” was presented with a new interpretation by the soldiers of the border guard military unit of Tavush. The premiere of the musical performance was held on December 16.

One of the soldiers, Alexander Gabrielyan tells how the idea of presenting Hovhannes Tumanyan`s poem was born.

“Today`s soldier stands firmly on the border, is creative, and has something to say to the community and society,” said Deacon Hovhannes, one of the regiments of the military unit.

The initiative to stage the performance in Berd became a reality with the support of the commander of the military unit and the deputy in charge of morale and psychological support. The goal of the performance is to strengthen the army-society connection.

At the end of this year and before the New Year, the members of the Hatik band with a unique name and something to say, operating in Tavush, are invited to “High-Standard Coffee”.