On Tuesday, 24 February 2015, the "Tea, Coffee and Opinions" Club of the Hamazkayin "Sanahin" Chapter organized the presentation of Hovhannes Tumanyan’s life and works for 85 book-lovers, at "Avedis Aharonyan" Hall. After the coffee treat, the coordinator of the event Tiruk Manjikian made an opening speech. Then the audience watched the poet’s biographic video-film made by the Zommar Seminary heirs, as well as the film "The Dog and the Cat".
Vartkes Kupelian and Garegin Kurunlian performed "A Drop of Honey" and Jacob Garayan performed "The Lying Hunter".
Anahit Balian recited a series of quatrains, and Astghik Esmerian performed the song "They Say the Willow". Then, the audience sang the song "From under the cloud" following the lyrics provided on small sheets of papers.
The program continued with the recitations of literary pieces "Old Blessing" by Garegin Kurunlian, "The Capture of Tmkaberd" by Jacob Garayan, "Our Covenant" by Vartkes Kupelian and "With Homeland" by Anahit Balian. Between those performances, Tiruk Manjikian spoke about the literary merit of the great poet and his activities as a national figure. She also represented other intellectuals’ opinions and memories about the poet and his human nature.
The literature fans Nareg Ghazarian, Hambartzum Papazian and Zareh Dolmajian, enthused by the atmosphere, surprised the audience with their spontaneous participation in the program.
The participants of the event left the hall with great satisfaction. Despite the cold weather and the eventful schedule of the community, the number of the participants of the event proved that the fans of literature really need such literary events.
Executive Board of "Sanahin" Chapter