04.10.2012
In the framework of EU Eastern Partnership Culture Program the ‘’Regional Cooperation for Cultural Heritage Development’’is realized in Georgia Ukraine and Armenia. In "Erebuni" historical & archaeological museum- reserve under the municipality of Yerevan are carried out thematic educative seminars for middle–age schoolchildren.
Today’s participants were 17 schoolchildren from Akunk Secondary School, Kotayk region, community Akunk who visited Erebuni site for the first time. They were marked out with their knowledge of Armenian monuments especially with the history of their native village monuments. Some of them told stories heard from the old people about the antiquities found near the village. They even expressed opinion that in ancient times there was a cyclopean fortress vicinity the village. One of the schoolgirls introduced how her grandmother and mother bake ‘’lavash’’ and pass on this culture to the young people.
The participants have confessed that this is their first visit to the archaeological site and they are impressed greatly by Erebuni fortress. At the end of the seminar accompanying teachers ensured that the knowledge got from seminars will be passed on to the other schoolchildren in the ’’open lesson’’.
The participants, of the last seminar intended for the schoolchildren, will be the pupils of N 82 Yerevan school, tomorrow ,October 5, 2012. This project is funded by European Union
ICOMOS/Armenia NGO
"Erebuni" historical & archaeological museum- reserve