Hands Across Hayastan: Armenians Hope To Dance Int
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Posted 04 March 2005 - 12:53 PM
By Marianna Grigoryan
ArmeniaNow Reporter
This year Armenians will have a chance to celebrate the First Republic Day, May 28, in an original way.
A move is underfoot, literally, to have more than 160,000 Armenians join in a “Round Dance of Unity”.
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance?
“All our nation will unite around the round dance of unity,” says Aram Karapetyan, the head of the Nig Aparan Compatriots Union and the headquarters of the “Round Dance of Unity” initiative.
Karapetyan says the idea of the initiative has been circulating for so long nobody can tell where the idea comes from.
“All of us hand in hand will dance the round dance of unity at two o’clock that day,” says Karapetyan. “The people are so excited we couldn’t have expected, and we feel excited of it even more. People come to register with families and organizations bring long lists of participation.”
Karapetyan says the round dance will start at the new bridge in Ashtarak and make a circle that will include the cities of Ashtarak, Talin, Artik, Aragats, Alagyaz of two marzes, and the dance will close on the Ashtarak Bridge again.
According to a special plan, participants will arrive at the main roads where they will join hands. Diaspora are expected among the guests.
Karapetyan says delegations from Kazakhstan and Belarus will arrive in Armenia to take part in the event. The Karabagh delegation headed by the Prime Minister will also arrive. Ten applicants from Turkey have wished to participate, two of them ethnic Turks.
“This is a dance when scientists and craftsmen, artists and doctors, peasants and citizens will be hand in hand,” says Karapetyan. “Well-known artists, officials, scientists, doctors will be present, who will address the people in special videos broadcasted by TV before the event.”
Karapetyan says all these will be shot from one or two helicopters as the round dance hopes to get recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records.
“There has not been such a thing in the world before when so many people joined hands,” the excited leader says (having apparently not heard of the “Hands Across the World” phenomena). “The representatives of the Guinness book will also be present that day and we will be registered in the book of records.”
The territory for the round dance takes nearly 160 kilometers. It has been estimated that ideally some 160,000 participants are needed, although the organizers believe the number of participants will be more.
Karapetyan hopes that a chain of 160,000 happy people will join “unity dance”
Karapetyan hopes that a chain of 160,000 happy people will join “unity dance”
“The participants are different,” says Karapetyan. “Owing to the works that started a month ago more than 110,000 have applied for participation – individuals and mainly organizations with all their staffs.”
At the same time for more variety of the round dance, according to the organizer, the organizations will participate in their professional dresses, - the doctors in white smocks, and the individuals the way they prefer.
Educational institutions will also participate in the initiative. There will also be participants on horses and in royal coats. Each registered participant will get a special certificate of participation.
“At present we work on providing national music all around the 160 kilometers,” says Karapetyan. “Besides the national music, we have planned participation of 1,600 professional dancers, although 10,000 have applied for it; they will make the event more lively.”
Within the frameworks of the event, 36 khachkars with Armenian letters will be placed; they will also plant 200,000 poplars.
According to Karapetyan, the poplar has been chosen because these trees do not need special care and there is no problem of regular irrigation.
Karapetyan says everything is planned beforehand to escape misunderstanding. The police will support the event with its different regiments.
“We hope everything will be wonderful, and we will surprise the world with this original initiative and will be registered in the Guinness Book of Records,” says Karapetyan. “People will stand hand in hand for nearly an hour so that the helicopters manage to shoot the video; then the national celebrations will start, with singing and dancing and feasting, for which special tables will be installed.”
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Posted 04 March 2005 - 04:21 PM
What a great initiative! I would've loved to participate!
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Posted 05 March 2005 - 01:34 AM
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Posted 18 March 2005 - 02:33 AM
YEREVAN, MARCH 17. ARMINFO. A new achievement may occur in the Guinness Book of Records, that is, organization of a 155 km live chain. In particular, on May 28 2005 160,000 Armenians from the whole world will sing and dance in a ring at the foot of Mountain Aragats in Armenia as a sign of unification of the nation. The round dance is organized by the Charity Non-Governmental Organization of Countrymen "Nig-Aparan" of Armenia.
Talking to ARMINFO, a member of the organization Ofelia Petrosyan says that the unprecedented action to be registered by the representatives of the Guinness Book of Records and recorded by CNN will last 15 minutes. Each person linking the alive chain is to occupy a bit less than 1 meter territory, and by one tree "of love to Motherland" will be planted on each meter in the foot of Aragats Mountain after the round dance. Each participant will have an apricot cap on him hereby symbolizing one of the colors of the Armenian flag and the color of the sunset behind Aragats Mountain. "The round dance is timed to the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire, and to the 1,600th anniversary of creation of Armenian alphabet and Bash Aparan victory over Turkish troops in 1918," she says. A day before the action, the youth of Armenia will gather at the foot of the mountain wherein festivals are expected. Fairs presenting the products of native enterprises of food branch will be held. Petrosyan says that representatives of the Armenian Diaspora from many states which will not participate in the event for some reasons, will organize similar round dances at foreign cultural and religious centers the same day at the same time (14:00 Yerevan time).
Big businessmen, public and community organizations of the country will secure transportation of the participants to the place without compensation. To participate in the action, applications are received by the headquarters on organization works in the following address: 7, Agatangeghosi Street,Yerevan. For additional information call (374 1) 58 00 34 and (374 1) 54 00 12.
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Posted 19 March 2005 - 12:41 PM
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Posted 19 March 2005 - 06:07 PM
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Each person linking the alive chain is to occupy a bit less than 1 meter territory, and by one tree "of love to Motherland" will be planted on each meter in the foot of Aragats Mountain after the round dance. Each participant will have an apricot cap on him hereby symbolizing one of the colors of the Armenian flag and the color of the sunset behind Aragats Mountain. "The round dance is timed to the
For additional information call (374 1) 58 00 34 and (374 1) 54 00 12.
Is this real??!!
Am I dreaming??!!
Pinch me, hit me!
Wake me up!
You mean to say some people are actually reading my calls and seeing their colors properly?
I have been drumming on this theme for quite some time with little impact, and at times with very offensive responses.
Ketse Karmir, Kapuyt, Tsirani.
May it wave on high not only on top of Aragats but also on top of Arar..
One of many;
http://hyeforum.com/...wtopic=9226&hl=
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Posted 19 March 2005 - 06:46 PM
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 01:25 PM
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 04:35 PM
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 04:55 PM
http://news.bbc.co.u...=nb_wm_fs&bw=nb
Edited by hytga, 28 May 2005 - 05:01 PM.
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 06:33 PM
The real number probably is somewhere in between the 150k the BBC stated and what arminfo claims.
It looks like it was a huge success regardless of actual head count.
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 12:44 PM
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 01:37 AM
Harjan Of Armenia.com has send me one -
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