Cultural Heritage & Armenia's Revolution
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Armenia / 2.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2018 June 30
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2018, Item SFF2018_0630_Armenia_Hyurasenyak_0006
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content: Jim Deutsch; Ruben Malayan; Levon Abrahamian; Aghasi Tadevosyan; In May 2018, the people of Armenia successfully deposed their government through peaceful revolution. In this session, Armenian scholars Levon Abrahamian, Aghasi Tadevosyan, and Gayane Shagoyan join visual artist Ruben Malayan to discuss the "Velvet Revolution" from a cultural perspective and the concept of protests as a national festival. This sesssion is presented by Folklife Curator Jim Deutsch.This session is made possible by the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation, Birthright Armenia, and Armenia Volunteer Corps.