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    "LET ME HUG YOU"

    http://a1plus.am/en/society/2009/08/31/ hugging-day
    07:53 pm | August 31, 2009

    Society

    A group of youngsters today proposed free hugs at Yerevan's Republican
    Square.

    Passers-by either pushed them away or obeyed them reluctantly.

    A middle-aged street saleswoman got angree with a girl trying to hug
    her in the street. "What an awkwardness! Don't you have any other
    business? Go away! Let me alone!" shouted the woman

    One of the movement participants, 19-year-old Tatev told A1+ that they
    were trying to arouse laughter and delight among people for them to
    look happy and kind.

    Tatev says they have no sponsors and are not affiliated with any
    organisation. She organised the action with her friend Sam.

    The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals
    who offer hugs to strangers in public places. The campaign in its
    present form was started in 2004 by an Australian.

    Today one could read on posters: "Let me hug you," "Free hugs,"
    "Let's hug each other". The participants of today's movement marched
    through Abovyan street approaching and hugging passers-by.

    "We simply want to say that there nothing strange in hugging. We should
    try to get rid of the complex and lead an easy life," says Tatev.
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