The second meeting of the representatives of “National Values, National Culture and Ideology” department

On February 8, 2022, the second meeting of the representatives of “National Values, National Culture and Ideology” topic took place at “Ararat Alliance” Institute with the specialists and representatives of different fields of national culture. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the “Ararat Alliance” Forum, Tatul Manaseryan, and the participants were in consent regarding the issue that Armenia despite the socio-economic crisis is also experiencing a rapid cultural decline, especially in national culture.

Today, the national culture in Armenia, with all its ethnic directions, is edged out of attention, which is a matter of concern for culturologists, ethnographers, and all the people who are worried about tomorrow.

After three decades of victorious, but still difficult post-war socio-economic years since the independence of the Republic of Armenia, the Armenian nation today stands at the edge of distortion of national identity and various branches of national culture, such as national craft, art, history, national spirit, values, and history of the Armenian Church.

In addition to all the above-mentioned points, the 44-day war with its consequences proved that the Armenian Nation has alienated from the highest value of the concept of Nation and is on the verge of losing it.

The participants stressed out the fact that different branches of national culture are on the verge of extinction at present, hence great financial and human resources are needed to preserve them to bring systemic change and revive the spheres of national culture.

It was agreed, that the participants will deliver their clear approaches and visions on the issues of great value for the sake of preservation of national identity during the next discussion of the “National Values, National Culture and Ideology” topic.