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    ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF BUENOS AIRES MARKS REPUBLIC DAY WITH GREAT LUSTRE

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    May 31 2006

    BUENOS AIRES, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian
    community of Buenos Aires marked on May 28 with great lustre the 88th
    anniversary of the First Republic and Sardarapat battle. Celebrations
    started in the morning in the "Armenia" street closed for traffic which
    was decorated with Armenian and Argentinian flags and flowers. The
    street was full of dense crowd, representatives of all the community
    structures, hundreds of pupils of Armenian schools, Armenian scouts
    were present. Armenian and Argentinian marches were performed by the
    orchestra of the Internal Affairs Ministry of Argentina. After the
    Surb Liturgy celebrated at the Saint Gregory the Illuminator church,
    the community representatives and RA Ambassador to Argentina Vladimir
    Karmirshalian laid wreaths to the memorial complex dedicated to the
    Sardarapat battle. The RA Ambassador addressed speech of gratitude to
    the gathered about thousand people. An open-air concert organized by
    Armenian schools took place. Then the celebration was removed to the
    "Armenia" cultural association's (ARF) center, on the threshold of
    which a bas-relief picturing the historic way the Armenian nation
    has passed after proclaiming the First Republic of Armenia will be
    placed. The solemn placing of the monument bas-relief took place
    with the participation of the community structures' heads and the RA
    Ambassador. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry's
    Press and Information Department, during the solemn reception taken
    place in the "Tutunjian" hall of the center, the RA Ambassador to
    Argentina, heads of the ARF South American Central Committee addressed
    speeches of gratitude to those present (700 people).

    Then a festive concert took place with the participation of the "Nor
    Araks" orchestra, "Masis" dance group and "Hay Stars" estrada ensemble.
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