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"AT THE FOOT OF ARARAT MOUNTAIN: WONDERS OF ANTIQUE ARMENIA" EXHIBITION OPENS IN FRANCE
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 18 2007
ARLES, APRIL 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Ambassador of Armenia
to France Eduard Nalbandian, Bouches-du-Rhone Governor Jean-Noel
Guerini, Provence Alpes Cote de Azur Regional Council Chairman
Michael Vozel and Arles Mayor Herve Schiavetti opened on April 13
the exhibition entitled "At the Foot of Ararat Mountain: Wonders
of Antique Armenia" at the Antique Arles and Provence Museum. Noyan
Tapan was informed about it by the RA Foreign Ministry's Press and
Information Department.
The exhibition consists of four parts where about 150 exhibits brought
from Armenia present the Armenian people's cultural roots (from the 7th
century B.C. to the 10th century), Urartu (10th-6th B.C.), post-Urartu
(6-4th B.C.) and pre-Christian periods. The exhibits are brought from
the History Museum of Armenia, Erebuni and Sardarapat Museums as well
as from the Culture House of Goris and Aharonian collection (Paris).
The exhibition is organized within the framework of the Year of
Armenia in France and will last till July 29, 2007.
During the exhibition days Anna Mayilian's and Armenian song masters'
concert will take place in Arles on May 24, duduk (Armenian national
pipe) player Arayik Bartikian's concert will take place on July
26. Robert Gedikian's "Travelling towards Armenia" film will also be
shown on July 26.
Groups of making jewelry and pottery goods will also be organized
for children at the Antique Arles and Provence Museum during May
and June. French schoolchildren will attempt to copy here models of
Armenian decoration art. The museum will also organize hearing on
the theme "Noah's Ark Landed There, on Ararat" on June 3.
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 18 2007
ARLES, APRIL 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Ambassador of Armenia
to France Eduard Nalbandian, Bouches-du-Rhone Governor Jean-Noel
Guerini, Provence Alpes Cote de Azur Regional Council Chairman
Michael Vozel and Arles Mayor Herve Schiavetti opened on April 13
the exhibition entitled "At the Foot of Ararat Mountain: Wonders
of Antique Armenia" at the Antique Arles and Provence Museum. Noyan
Tapan was informed about it by the RA Foreign Ministry's Press and
Information Department.
The exhibition consists of four parts where about 150 exhibits brought
from Armenia present the Armenian people's cultural roots (from the 7th
century B.C. to the 10th century), Urartu (10th-6th B.C.), post-Urartu
(6-4th B.C.) and pre-Christian periods. The exhibits are brought from
the History Museum of Armenia, Erebuni and Sardarapat Museums as well
as from the Culture House of Goris and Aharonian collection (Paris).
The exhibition is organized within the framework of the Year of
Armenia in France and will last till July 29, 2007.
During the exhibition days Anna Mayilian's and Armenian song masters'
concert will take place in Arles on May 24, duduk (Armenian national
pipe) player Arayik Bartikian's concert will take place on July
26. Robert Gedikian's "Travelling towards Armenia" film will also be
shown on July 26.
Groups of making jewelry and pottery goods will also be organized
for children at the Antique Arles and Provence Museum during May
and June. French schoolchildren will attempt to copy here models of
Armenian decoration art. The museum will also organize hearing on
the theme "Noah's Ark Landed There, on Ararat" on June 3.