Human Life is
Meaningless without Books;
the Book is our Friend and Eternal Constant Companion
D. Bedniy
On February 19, the literary world celebrates the great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan's birthday, which in recent years has been considered the book donation day in Armenia.
The anticipated and beloved festival was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fanfare on February 29 by “Endanik” Youth Creative Center SNCO (in Gyumri). “Book is my friend” joined together bookworms and funs of reading, members of the Writers' Union of Gyumri, educators, youth and adolescents.
The beginning of the event was marked with a beautiful view. A wonderful picture opened before the audience. Lori beautiful landscapes, Nairyan girls tying spring flowers. Dance group students performed a beautiful scene of “Anush” poem filled with youthful vigor of Saro and Mosi. The students dance performance was accompanied by folk songs and traditions.
Many of us have entered the magical world of the book and got close to the tales and children's poems and verses through the immortal Tumanyan poems.
Tumanyan's spirit reigned during the whole event, philosophical verses of the All-Armenian poet, favorite poems and excerpts, were read, fascinating episodes of the life of the great writer were presented. Students of the Center Theater Group performed “Kikos' Death” tale staging. Children embodied the typical Tumanyan characters, and their scenic game, loud and cheerful mood was delivered to the audience.
Collecting the books continued from early morning till the end of the event. The audience also took part in this call for making his contribution to the process of collecting more books for the enrichment of “Endanik” library. The Center Director Arthur Minasyan congratulated everyone on a wonderful event. He urged everybody to recognize and evaluate the book, to enrich their knowledge through reading, to make new discoveries and to have their own contribution to the development of various areas of the country. Then he presented to the participants illustrated children's books.
The event has spread its symbol and saying to every corner of the Center: “love the book, enlighten your soul and train your mind.
...Let’s present books to each other and keep alive readers in ourselves ...
Happy birthday Armenian poet, our new poetry premature Ararat.