Touring puppet theatre of Chinari school will soon visit you.

In 2021, Eliza Amirkhanyan moved from Yerevan to border Chinari to teach at the school of the village within the framework of the “Teach For Armenia” program.

Besides daily classes, she has also established a puppetry club, and now, together with children, she takes the first steps of founding a touring puppet theatre. They create their own puppets: the most colorful and kindest characters in the world.

Eliza has an idea to travel to the villages of Tavush with the children and perform children’s puppet shows.

The closing and accountable concert of the “Melody Vocal” folk ensemble took place at the culture house of Berd. The series of concerts started in the villages of Artsvaberd, Verin Karmiraghbyur, and Tavush.
During the performance of the ensemble, the audience listened to and enjoyed Armenian, national, and folk music and songs.

“Melody vocal” ensemble was created by the “Berd Culture center” cultural NGO, with the support of Berd Community Culture House and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, and in partnership with Tavush TV. The goal of the ensemble is to spread and make Armenian national folk song art popular. It also aims to contribute to the formation of an atmosphere of solidarity between the generations; that’s why the representatives of different generations of the Berd community and the settlements of the community are involved in the ensemble.

“Our heroes, It is hard without you, but we will live; it is hard to dream, but we’ll dream; it’s hard to believe, but we’ll believe.”

In Noyemberyan, the troupe of the “Metro” theatre presented the play “Living dialogue” based on the stories of Vardan Amalyan, who died in the 44-day war. The stories, written by Vardan at the age of 11-13, were not just staged but were told from the stage, and Vardan’s messages were conveyed to the audience.

According to director Edgar Mehrabyan, “The title of the performance was not chosen by chance because every word brings life; whether we take it for an hour or ten days or our whole life, it is probably our personal problem.”

The members of the theater troupe admit that they always feel Vardan’s presence and spiritual power during the performances.

The actress Evelina Stepanyan says, “The performance is a call to live, to continue living and to live in a completely different way, after the war. ”

During the performance, parallel to the stories, the subject of the war and the feelings of that time are referred to.

One month ago, at the end-of-year concert of the children’s choir of the Diocese of Tavush, no one could have imagined that the performance of the selection of the Queen group’s repertoire could be fateful. Thanks to this performance, the little Tavush residents reached the big stage of the Sports Concert Complex.

On September 7, during the Another World Concert held within the framework of the Starmus VI festival, the children’s choir shocked the complex and captured the hearts of the audience. Queen’s legendary guitarist Brian May introduced them from the stage.

The children’s choir of the Diocese of Tavush was founded in 2016 with the blessing and initiative of the diocesan leader Bagrat Srbazan. The choir’s repertoire is diverse, from spiritual and patriotic to contemporary pop and rock.

Maria Galstyan is the artistic director and conductor of the choir. She arrives from the capital Yerevan to the rectory of the Tavush Diocese for each training; as she says, “to date the children with the beautiful.”

In the video below, we told about the journey of the Choir from the “fatal” performance in the rectory of the Diocese of Tavush to the Starmus festival; and about children’s feelings.

Here is what Brian May says about The performance of the Choir.

 

Here you can see the first moments after the Choir’s return to Ijevan.

“About two years have passed since the war, and new children are born in my heroes’ families, many girls are trying to form new families, and many mothers are trying to live in these difficult times, and that is the best example of a rebirth for me.” Mery Chibukhchyan’s new performance is named “The Rebirth of 44.”

This is the second performance by Mery and M Dance Studio, which is staged in Ijevan Culture House. Last year the dance performance entitled “The delayed morning of hope” was staged in the same place.

Mary says that there are feelings that can only be expressed in the language of art, and the two performances were born from the parts of the story made up of those feelings. Seeing Manvel’s (immortalized in the war) newborn brother Emanuel and his living family again, Mary came to the image of the rebirth, to which the new performance is dedicated.

“The most important advice for me is that the Heroes live in each of us; as long as we live, as long as we remember and talk about them, their stories are not left unfinished,” says Mary.

Ուղիղ եթերով հեռարձակված ներկայացումը՝ այստեղ։

 

Every Wednesday at 5 pm, the Noyemberyan Culture center is for children.

On the initiative of the director of the Culture Center, Sonya Zurabyan, popular Armenian and foreign cartoons are shown on big screens for the children of Noyemberyan.

Our correspondent from Noyemberyan, Hranush Ananyan, tells the details.

“Rolan” international children’s film festival was launched in Armenia for the 18th time.

On July 29, the children, teenagers, and parents Ijevan community had the opportunity to watch the films of award-winning international filmmakers in the Diocese of Tavush.

According to Mery Gevorgyan, the director of the “Arevik” socio-educational center of Tavush Diocese, “The audience of Ijevan participated in the film watching with great excitement and enthusiasm, especially during the summer vacation. The film series included in the framework of the festival was a great opportunity to spend a nice time with the family.”

Within the framework of the film festival, the children and teenagers living in border areas of Tavush region were actively involved and participated in the program.

“It is very important for us that children are able to get to know new worlds through films and animations. It is other people’s culture, their own culture, and all that will interest them today. If children are able to live what life will be for them with interesting plots from childhood, they will already be ready…” says Nare Aramyan, the director of the Youth Creative Center.

This year, 75 films from 28 countries were screened within the framework of the “Rolan” international festival of children’s and teenagers’ films.

The festival aims to create favorable conditions through the active involvement and participation of children, teenagers, and young people using it as a stable and reliable international platform.

Victoria Torosyan, our correspondent from Berdavan tells about the acting groups, their story and cultural daily hustle and bustle.

“Koghb x Vardavar” was a unique celebration with historical references, beautiful performances, colorful fireworks, and, of course, the favorite Vardavar (pouring water on each other).

They were especially unforgettable days for the youth of Noyemberyan, who enjoyed this beautiful festival.
Our correspondent from Noyemberyan, Hranush Ananyan, shows the Koghb x Vardavar.

On May 30, the presentation of the book “Aspram” by Gayane Paytyan, originally from Aygepar, took place in the Primacy of Tavush Diocese.

The Primate of Tavush Diocese, contemporary poets, honored cultural figures of the Republic of Armenia, intellectuals, and public figures were present at the Presentation event. 

During the event, Excerpts from the novel were read by RA Honored Artist Silva Yuzbashyan. The Primate of Tavush Diocese, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan, made a congratulatory speech.

The novel “Aspram” is a story of a woman living in Tavush. That is why Tavush was chosen to be the place of the presentation. According to the author, the source of the inspiration is Tslik Amram’s Fortress located in Tavush, Aspram’s character and her feelings. Aspram, a well-known figure in Armenian history from the 10th century, assumes a whole system of transitions of a woman’s inner dramatic chains.

Since 2006, settling in Russia and living with the feeling of loneliness, Gayane identified herself with Aspram. The novel “Aspram” was published by Armav publishing house.