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JUNE 27-JULY 1; JULY 4-8, 2018 LOG SHEET #2 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: Ben Griliot RECORDER 1 NAME: Aygi 1 FILE NAME: 0240.wav RECORDER 2 NAME: Aygi 2 FILE NAME: 0348.wav PRESENTER: Lucineh Hovhaness Kassarjian DATE/TIME 12:00 p 7/7/18 PROGRAM: Arminia STAGE: Aygi GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Armenian Culture & Tourism [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Gayane Shagoyan | Institute of Ethnography. Not Acad. of Sci. of Armenia | | Arsen Vardanyan | New Armenia - Gyumri - Entrepreneur (Tops) | | Susano Safaryan | United Nations - World Tourism Development | | Simon Jones | [[strikethrough]] Wed [[/strikethrough]] Smithsonian My Armenia Program (USAID) | - Start with discussion of Armenia Fruits & Vegetables, weather, customs. Background & history - Simon Jones discussed USAID My Armenia Program - Discussion of Armenian Stone Craft tradition - revival of old traditions in 1990's (Gaydne) - [[strikethrough]] Dis [[/strikethrough]] Susano discussed Tourism as economic development - Arsen discussed Gyumri - "Cultural capital" of Armenia - created Tops Business- tourism/master classes & continue tradition. Also discussed dancing. - Simon discussed My Armenia Projects documentation of stories/experiences - Gaydne discussed research/history into cultural practices - Discussion of Dance Programs