Monday, April 26, 2010

Torchlight procession on April 23, 2010

Every year ARF Dashnaktsutyun is organizing a torchlight procession from Matenadaran to the Armenian Genocide Memorial. They start from burning the Turkish flag and images of some politicians and proceed with a march singing patriotic songs and rising torches. I'm not the party's supporter and i don't generally approve their actions, however the procession was interesting to attend and take photos. It was heavily raining and my feet were all wet so I didn't go till the end. Interestingly, even though there were thousands of people, I managed to meet some friends in the crowd :)

Here are some of my photos:

Here are images from my photo agency. (not to compare :D) Btw, they are now featured in many international news outlets including the NY Times ;)
Burning of the Turkish flag © PanARMENIAN Photo / Davit Hakobyan
 © PanARMENIAN Photo / Vahan Stepanyan
 © PanARMENIAN Photo / Vahan Stepanyan
 © PanARMENIAN Photo / Vahan Stepanyan
 © PanARMENIAN Photo / Vahan Stepanyan

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