Mihr band performs Armenian folk songs in Beirut (videos)

The Lebanese-Armenian band Mihr recently organized a concert in Beirut, introducing the Armenian folk music art to the audience.

The concert was divided into chronological epochs starting from the 18th century western Armenia, passing through the late 1880's and reaching the contemporary era. With the help of visual art done by the painters Krikor Avessian, and Moushegh Karavartanian the band showed the basic everyday life and the sudden changes that drastically changed their lives.

The music focused on folk songs spread through the people at each epoch, it included situations that covered basic everyday life events like the music of a traditional west Armenian wedding to revolutionary songs that gave the people courage during and after the great Genocide, reaching the present. The band kept the Armenian spirit but gave it a modern twist making it more interesting yet genuine for the Armenian youth.