Yerevan, August 24, ArmenPress - First pan Armenian festival "One Nation, One Culture" which launched on Aug 14 under the high auspices of president Kocharian concluded yesterday at Republic Square with festivities.

Symphonic band of National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet after Al Spendarian, different groups from Armenia and Diaspora, individual players performed during the closing ceremony. Armenian prime minister Andranik Margarian greeted the present and underscored the role of festival in deepening Armenian-Diaspora ties in his speech. Assistant to Armenian president Vigen Sargssian said that it is expected to hold such festivals once in four or even two years.

The festival was sponsored by Hayastan All Armenian fund and One Nation, One Culture fund. More than 1500 people of art from USA, Australia, Turkey, Iran, Israel, Italy, Poland, Canada, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Georgia, France, Ukraine as well as Nagorno Karabagh and Armenia participated. As special guests, some 500 well known people of art were in Armenia during the days of the festival.

Dozens of performances, poetry evening days, exhibition and exhibition sales, concerts and other events were held on the sidelines of the festival. Each day of the festival was marked by some symbolic name - My Armenia, Day of Armenian Song, Day of Armenian Writing and Literature, Day of Theater, Day of Armenian Dance, Day of Armenian Classical Music and so on.