MartyRoss Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 (edited) Like Algeria last year and China this year, Armenia will be honored in France between 2006 and 2007, as it was decided between Jacques Chirac and Robert Kocharian at on last April 26 when the Armenian president was in Paris. That is what revealed the Armenian Embassy in France on Friday June 11, and also specified that "during this period will be held through all France exhibitions, concerts, festivals and other events devoted to the culture, history and present of Armenia ". The Embassy added that "this agreement made between Jacques Chirac and Robert Kotcharian, aims at consolidating the french-Armenian friendship and the secular bonds between France and Armenia". Edited June 19, 2004 by MartyRoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 great news, thanks for the post. 'Year of Armenia' has a nice ring to it - i wonder if it would be beneficial to lobby & create 'our' celebratory year in other countries.... Perhaps it would be wasted effort, but it seems to me that some good could come of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyRoss Posted June 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 You're welcome. All efforts made for our cause deserve to be made and aren't in no case useless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 I suppose it depends on how you define 'our cause'. Do we have in fact, a particular 'cause'? Is our 'cause' Genocide recognition? Which begs the obvious question, should it be? I'm all for celebrating our culture - music, food, language, poetry and art and so on - especially in diasporan communities. But why must it be a 'cause'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyRoss Posted June 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 (edited) Armenian cause is of course the genocide and the efforts armenians all over the world deploy in order to make it recognize, but it's also the whole Armenian existence and the significance of what is being Armenian today, through all our culture and pride to be it . Edited June 30, 2004 by MartyRoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 While I agree that the Armenian cause is first and foremost genocide recognition it should not become a substitute for self-identification even though most of us are a direct or indirect product of this event. Nor should it become the prime factor in our culture. Genocide has a negative implication, especially on those who have little association with being Armenian and this depressing fact will only lead to faster assimilation. How can we preserve the positive features our culture without forgetting and letting the past become a burden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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