tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338577077342078243.post3453499698117981590..comments2023-10-26T12:53:14.916+04:00Comments on Yerevan Journal: Andranik Michaelianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827651449681546615noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338577077342078243.post-52726173155309669272009-09-08T09:15:39.457+05:002009-09-08T09:15:39.457+05:00It's true that our pop stars, and their promot...It's true that our pop stars, and their promoters, are killing off our culture, but maybe not on purpose, as in most cases it's just to make a fast buck. More guilty are those who silence real Armenian music, or, more like it, keep it in the background. After Friday night's Shoghaken concert, for example, comments were made like "if you took this group across Armenia and gave concerts, there would be a national awakening..." This is what our leaders don't want. When the Culture Ministry of Armenia, and Karabagh, for that matter, offer to sponsor Shoghaken concerts, they offer the musicians such a small amount that they know what the result will be: no concerts. Yet, when pop stars arrive on the scene, money is somehow discovered...Andranik Michaelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827651449681546615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338577077342078243.post-23528504083326036752009-09-08T00:14:15.746+05:002009-09-08T00:14:15.746+05:00Andranik,
My impression, after two visits to Ye...Andranik,<br /> My impression, after two visits to Yerevan, is that the current thinking is to downplay, ignore, deliberately belittle Armenian culture - all for money...<br /> In the past we western Armenians used to say that it was better to die physically in Turkey than to die spiritually in Russia (eastern Armenia - now the republic).<br /> The 'red genocide' has finished; the 'white genocide' is proceeding like cancer - at great speed. We don't need non-Armenians to kill off our culture; our Armenian 'pop stars' and other devotees of degeneracy are doing a fine job...<br />AraAra Stepan Melkonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956416190846798056noreply@blogger.com