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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