YEREVAN, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN. An ecological march was held in the capital on April 11, the last but one day of the "Arevordi" (Sunchild) first regional ecological festival started at the same time in six settlements of Armenia, Garni, Goghtn, Dilijan, Gyumri, Urtsadzor and Yerevan. The march was held with participation of representatives of ecological public organizations and schoolchildren arrived from marzes. The participants walked from Matenadaran (Armenian repository of ancient manuscrips) to the Azatutian (Liberty) square with posters on the ecological theme, giving seeds of flowers to by-passers. The children participated on the same day in the April march prepared in Azatutian square nests for birds (to place in parks), sculptures from plastic dishes, painted posters on ecological themes. Hasmik Hovhannisian, the Director of the festival programs stated that the first stage of the festival will complete on April 12, in Nor Nork, with tree planting. H. Hovhannisian also stated that the second stage of the "Arevordi" festival held in Armenia on the initiative of the Fund for Protection of Wild Nature and Cultural Values will take place on October 6-10: a film festival in which representatives of Turkey, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan will participate will be organized in those days.

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