Tumanyan Fairy Tale Days in Armenia

On 4-10 September Armenia will organize the fifth puppet theatres festival called "Day of Tumanyan's Fairy Tales," the festival's art director Armen Safaryan.

According to Safaryan theatrical ensembles from 12 countries - among them also Belgium, Hungary, Russia, Slovenia, Georgia - have already claimed their participation, adding that year by year the number of participants is getting bigger.

He also informed that the opening ceremony of the festival will take place in Dsegh, the native village of the greatest Armenian writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. In Yerevan a parade will take place with the guests participating with the image of the characters Tumanyan created in his fairy tales.