Thursday, April 24, 2008

A day like others

Bright sun illuminating Paris today… what about the rest ?
Everyone knows this world is an accumulation of sufferings inflicted to humanity, but it’s impossible to continuously apprehend all of it in every day’s life.
At least today, a lot of Armenians in the world will stop one moment in this life for remembering what has been undergone by some of ours, our great grand parents. Through this, it’s also necessary not to forget today’s horrors going on, at different places of the world. This, above justice considerations, is also justifying that the claim of recognition still has to be done.

On a more “local” side : today the demonstrations probably won’t be much covered by medias : our dismaying president Sarkozy will talk live tonight on all the political messes he’s in, and the world with him, so amusing isn’t it ?
The intw was originally programmed on 21th april but the date changed because the president wanted to attend Aimé Césaire's funerals.
Good to mention : this one was a real great man of french’s world, he died few days ago, and that event pushed under limelights his so valuable fights, and the fact that unfortunately those fights are still topicality : Aimé Césaire a great French martinican poet, politician, very involved in anti-racist fights, and who has made a goal in his life to speak for all the most suffered ones
His fights were those of the human being.

So ok, above all, let’s stay awake. In the meantime let’s receive what is offered to us today (last year the demonstration had been flooded by pouring rain) : a clear day to reunite, demonstrate, and claim, and still refuse firmly this kind of inhumanities!

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Armenian Cinema in Buenos Aires and Siktirakia!!!

All turns harder, even to blog ofently!!!

But anyway, here we are from the far away lands of South America trying to keep the Armenian culture as great as we can.

Charles Aznavour is saying goodbye to the Argentinean audience next 3rd May. I think is going to be great, it’s incredible how he still can sing and make his show. I wish I could do the same when I get old!

I know I am always doing a kind of criticism of my beloved Armenian community from Argentina. But I have to be honest about something, thanks this community I knew lots of really nice people who I worked with and I know that I am still be working for many years. One of this cases is the film programmer, international chef and actor (I know for sure I am forgetting some more stuff about him) Jack Boghossian. Jack is organizing a complete schedule with Armenian films from Armenia. It’s a Cinema Club and its aim is to show the Armenian Movies and how our nation developed this art through the years. The first movie is going to be “The Return of the Poet” (Boedi Veradartzë), a film of Harutyun Khachatryan about the Armenian troubadour Djivani. If there is any tourist around here that would like to attend this event, take a visit to the AGBU of Buenos Aires, next Friday 4th april at 8 p.m.


On the other hand, let me give you another surprise. As you know I am always linked to music. There is a new band here…Really original…

Bass Guitars, Rhythm Guitars, Drums, Keyboards…and electric Bouzouki!!!

The name??? Siktirakia…kind of ottoman rock revenge against oppression.

Enjoy the video.

More songs?

Click here: Bulgur Rain/Kartoshka (floydish style) or the soulish Funky Anatolia

Much love to all of you

HovhanneSS