On the morning of July 25, the groups participating in the “Days of Performing Arts” program of the 4th “One Nation, One Culture” Pan-Armenian Cultural Festival (“Nairi” group and 3 soloists from St. Petersburg and “Nairi” group from Nizhni Novgorod) left for Artsakh. Executive Director of the “One Nation, One Culture” Foundation Tamara Poghosyan and the event organizers saw the participants off at Shahumyan Square in Yerevan. Accompanied by a police car, the delegation headed by President of the National Union of Dance Art and Dancers, Professor Karen Gevorgyan headed to Artsakh. Before reaching Shushi, they made their first stop in Vayk (Vayots Dzor), then Goris where the participants enjoyed the beauty of the nature and the panorama of Goris. They also stopped to view the cave layers of Tegh village and continued the road to the top of the mountain called Berdzorov Shushi. They lit candles at St. Ghazanchetsots Church in Shushi, took photos and admired the panorama of Stepanakert from above. The participants were warmly greeted and hosted at “Heghnar” hotel complex in Stepanakert. On July 26 at 1 p.m. a “Friendship Concert-Meeting” will be held at the Culture Palace of Stepanakert, after which the participants will be received by Artsakh’s authorities.

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