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Picture choosen by : Mr.Gablin Wilson Abovyan, Armenia The annual concert of the 2009 year took place on the 26-th of June with the participation of the alumni of Pop and Jazz art studio of Abovyan in the hall of the cultural centre of Abovyan city, with the title of “Hayastan-Mayr", and in the lobby was exhibited the student works of the fine art and clothes designing department.The concert was devoted to Lyudvig Duryan's 75 years, who was Armenian famous poet, the respected citizen of the Kotayk district. Though this year on the 21-th of June was the 76 years of poet, but the organizer and composer of the concert Mamikon Badalyan underlined the importance of famous people to young generation. For assisting it have already expected Duryan's days and till the next year will be celebrated poet's 75 years.It is already 38 years since in the 17th of June one of our great poets Paruyr Sevak left us forever. But his death was physically, as his poetry lives in the soul of each Armenian, and Memory stays in everybody's heart. We can say this surely as every year many people, who love Sevak, visit his native country Chanakhchi, and put flowers in his memorial in the place where the car accident happened, then in his garden where a tomb is.It is already 10 years since the citizens of Abovyan, who are fond of Sevak, to owing to Garush Hakobyan, have a chance to visit Zangakatun, put flowers in his tomb and visits his home-museum.The May 23rd, a sunny spring day, the bell rang more aloud as usual at all the schools of the Armenian highlands. It was completely different and everything was like a dream of childhood. The graduators, teachers and parents were excited.At the day of the “Final bell” in all the schools of Abovyan city was a total bustle either. Everywhere were the evident reciprocal congratulations and simultaneous tears of the happiness and sadness, crazy memories of the school life, there were dances, songs and congratulation speeches towards the teacher.The history of the mankind is filled with wars and calamities, which make a trace to each nation’s biography, mentality and national identity. This is more valuable when one enjoys the joyfulness of the victory.For the Armenian people 9th of May is double victory: first its courageous child’s participation and victory in the Paternal great war and also the liberation of Shushi, Artsakh war, which are underlining and making more important the holiday of 9th of May. As every year, this year also in Abovyan city honored march was organized to the remembrance monument for eternalizing the victims of the Paternal Great War, followed by the attendance to the monument devoted to the once scarified in the heroic battle of Shushi. March of the respect was finished in Elar at the monument of Paternal Great War, the flowers and wreaths were put for commemorating the victims.