MOSCOW, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Six representatives of the Armenian community of Belarus will take part in the Karot International Armenian Festival, which will take place in October 2009 in Moscow. "Elimination stages were held in different cities of Belarus in April and May, where the best candidates were selected for each nomination of Karot festival. Karot-Miasin festival contest program, which became the peculiar elimination stage of Moscow festival, included all directions of Armenian music art, vocal performances, dancing, original genre, different types of painting," festival chairman Metso Igityan noted. According to the Novosti-Armenia agency, in Igitian's words, the main aim and purpose of the festival is to develop and popularize the Armenian culture in Belarus, keep and perfect cultural traditions, as well as to discover and realize creative abilities and talents. During the concert, which took place in Minsk, six representatives of Belarus, Yeghiazar Farashian (ethnographical song), Yekaterina Khudents (variety song), Sergey Klochkov (academic song), Eduard Machkalian (artistic whistling), Erebuni dance ensemble, Morfe Acoustic Band instrumental ensemble were selected to take part in the Karot festival in Moscow.

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