Armenian Folk Band Kusan performs at festival in ArgentinaJanuary 29, 2015 - 13:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Folk Band Kusan performed for the first time in history at the National Folklore Festival of Cosquin, Argentina, earlier this week, Prensa Armenia reports. "Despite the genocide, they are here. They kept their identity and cultural legacy and transmitted it to humanity," said the presenter of the most important festival of folk music in Argentina and Latin America. "From the beginning, people connected with us. When we spoke about the genocide, people joined us. We perceived a feeling of solidarity," said Enrique Avakian, director and creator of Kusan after the show, which concluded with performance of traditional Argentinean songs like Carnavalito and Zamba para olvidar with the Armenian instruments. The Cosquin Folk Festival lasts nine days and brings together the most important folklore musicians and bands of the continent. Photo: Prensa Armenia Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |