New book entitled "Holidays and Culture of Celebrations" to be published in autumnAugust 14, 2009 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Holidays and Culture of Celebrations", a book by Hranush Kharatyan, is going to be published this autumn."The book which was ready two years ago will be published this autumn. It provides a thorough description of 5 holidays celebrated in Armenia. The book also offers the reader various ways of celebrating holidays, without naturally limiting his creative abilities," Kharatyan said. In her new book entitled "Holidays and Culture of Celebrations", the author describes 5 holidays celebrated in Armenia on state level. Among them are Independence Day and traditions of celebrating Barekendan (Shrovetide) in different regions of Armenia, as well as its variations in different cultures of world. The book will be published under the aegis of RA Culture Ministry. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |