ARGENTINA IN CRISIS, THE COMMUNITY PROGRESSING


I have lots of things to tell you!!!
From these southern lans armenian-argentineans are getting ready for what is going to be the first "Working days on Armenian Culture" on next October 18th and 19th. This workshop have a unique aim: to unify points of view to teach armenian in relation to the Republic of Armenia. All the institutions are taking part of this event, the non-institutional groups too. The idea borned when Ms. Rosita Youssefian went to the Armenia Diaspora Conference. At the time she came back, Carlos Hassassian, the most important journalist of the armenian community of Argentina got the idea to make this project, that will get closer local armenians with the Mother Republic.
What´s more about education and culture, the TADRON Cultural Center of Hamazkaín is presenting an interesting play called Son Palomas (They are doves). The play looks for a prevention of any kind of genocides. In the same building, a week ago started the three-month course of armenian history, from the ancient era up to present days. The course is lead by the Professor Rostom Apikian Malian, a young man that teaches armenian history in some armenian schools of Buenos Aires.
Last but not least about the educational aspect i tell you with proud that the ARDZRUNÍ Armenian School of the Bajo Flores quarter has inaugurated two new classrooms. One of them was built in memory of a well known armenian of the ARF called Tateós "TATO" Topalian, a diasporan soldier of the community. Well, i said with proud because the otherone is in memory of my grandparents, Kevork and Archaluís Abadjian, a way to give back something that community gave us first: a place to receive education. Ardzruní school is in a mid-low class quarter that needs help so it was the properly place to give support...
Now yess!!!! On the other hand an anniversary had been celebrated some weeks ago. The kahaná Mr. Arsham Bozoian came from Egypt in 1962 and since then he is serving to our community. Happy 40 years to Mr. Der Hair Bozoian, Master of the Armenian School and Church of Vicente Lopez. Sadly, the Mekhitarians suffered the lost of Kevork Balian priest, a man who leaded the Buenos Aires Mekhitarian school for many years.
Next 21st October, the Third Generation Magazine of the AGBU of Buenos Aires will be ready to be read. The next day 22th two members of the youth organization plus the older members are travelling to New York to assist to the AGBU Worlf Annual Meeting. This new magazine has hot articles as the problems of the geographical preserved zones in armenia, specially the lake sevan, an article about Ataturk an its relation with converted jews and the armenian genocide, interviews with argentinean diasporans living in other cities (not Buenos Aires) inside Argentina, and many more!!!
Homenetmenagans are doing party. They enjoyed the Navasartian games of South America where Uruguayans, Brazilians and Argentineans have lots of fun together. Eating an african donner and kicking a soccer ball!!!
To end what i suppose its my longest log (it will never repeat this long, hehehe) i recommend you to read something i founded deeply interesting. It was some months ago when i was reading the armenian newspaper called YERKIR where i read that armenia for the first time in its history has consecrated the first Great Lodge of Armenia of Free and Accepted Masons. So then i started to investigate relationships between armenians and freemasonry and i found that there are some in Argentina too. The page belongs to the URARTU LODGE N° 442, with english contents as well...impressing
ARMENIANS...WORKING ANTS OF THIS WORLD!!!