page_title: Vedi
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Vedi / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial for Andranik Zohrabyan in Vedi
context_page_description: Vedi, is a town and urban municipal community in the Ararat Province of Armenia, located along the Vedi river, 35 kilometres south of the capital Yerevan, and 18 kilometres southeast of the provincial centre Artashat. According to the 2011 census, the population of the town was 11,384. As per the 2016 official estimate, Vedi has a population of around 10,600.
context_section_description: The house culture in Vedi  was opened during the 1930s. In 2013, a new palace was built housing the town's theatre and other cultural faculties. The house has its theatre group (founded in 1950), folk instruments ensemble (1977), dance group, brass band, and children's orchestra. During summers, the house of culture organizes the musical Thursdays of Vedi at the open-air amphitheatre of the central park of the town.
  The Paruyr Sevak public library of Vedi is operating since 1935. It houses around 58,000 books. The town has also its school of music and school of art.
caption: The house of culture in Vedi
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