Sunday, October 11, the Ucfaf (French Cultural Union of Armenians of France) Valencia proposed to the room of La Valentine (Bourg-Les-Valence) an Armenian-Greek dancing afternoon with the delivery of a Greek dance troupe coming from Grenoble monitoring Armenian dances. Vartkes Vartanian the president of the Valencia-Ucfaf first thanked the audience -more than 200 people- come to this appointment which was a first. He was accompanied by many members of which Ucfaf Sonia Sarkissian, Zarmig Nourissian, Bédig or Hermine Ohanian Kéchichian. In the audience, many personalities, among them the father Andranik Maldjian, Khosrof Iliozer (President of the Association of Malatia), Krikor Amirzayan (President of “Arménia”). Greek dancing troupe performed several traditional dances from various regions of Greece (Peloponnese, Thrace, Macedonia) as well as Anatolia and Armenia … with the dance “Tanzara” popular dance Kharpert region. Then the troupe led the public to perform some sirtakis and Greek dances that look elsewhere lot “Kotchari” Armenian traditional dance. Chaining kotcharis and some Greek dancing on the dance floor the atmosphere was at most. Bédig Ohanian has even performed in a Greek dance around a glass placed on the ground …
The public, at the tables of Armenian specialties, appreciated this friendly event. The singer Koko Bardakjian synthesizer accompanied by Sonia Vartanian Vasken Alachian and then animated the Armenian dances. Vartkes Vartanian has to his credit two discs of Armenian pop songs also sang for the greatest pleasure of the public. Koko Bardakjian then held the audience on the dance floor late into the evening. A beautiful afternoon of Ucfaf that continued late into the evening.
Krikor Amirzayan in Valence (Drôme) text and photo-reportage