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Fiona Guitard
Fiona Guitard is a French journalist. She earned a B.A. degree in French Literature and Communication, and an M.A. in Social Science and Humanities from La Sorbonne University. Involved in human rights, her writings also focus on politics, arts, and social and gender issues. Guitard interned for the Armenian Weekly in 2014, and currently contributes to the paper from France.
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Dear Fiona
Thank you for a beautifully written piece. Avakian’s celebration of her multi-cultural heritage should be a lesson to all Armenians to celebrate, rather than suppress, their non-Armenian cultural traditions. Only when we can respect all cultures can we truly enrich and share our own ancient cultural heritage. And through respect for all, we strip away cultural divides and discrimination – eliminating racism and wars.
In Peace.
Jackie
@Jackie, I am a full-blooded Armenian and I respect all cultures and traditions in their own rights but I don’t consider wanting to keep my cultural traditions pure as suppressing our non-Armenian cultural traditions. Even though I think we can be happy to have both we still need to be able to distinguish one from the other.
The beauty of every culture is in its uniqueness and there is nothing wrong with exposing and sharing our culture with others but I have to say that when a culture loses its uniqueness and becomes hybrid then it loses a lot of its self-worth and it becomes difficult to distinguish one culture from another.
I say be proud of your cultural uniqueness but neither shy away from wanting to keep it distinct from others nor wanting to share it with others.
Interesting connection of an Armenian to Native American cultures.
Beautiful celebration of cultures converging…thank you for sharing.
God bless you Talin and thank you for remaining Armenian. Regards Movses Movsesian
This was a rather charming article to read. Anyway, I think in addition to learning about our own culture, it’s also important for Armenians to learn about other cultures. And, in addition to learning about our own genocide, it’s also important for Armenians to learn about other genocides that have taken place in history, such as the genocide committed against the original Americans (Native American Indians) by the United States. By learning about these various things, an Armenian will become more knowledgeable about the world he or she lives in. Although my life is devoted to the Armenian Cause, that doesn’t stop me from appreciating and supporting other people’s causes, such as the Native American Indian Cause. As a matter of fact, my devotion to the Armenian Cause has been strengthened as a result of this.
Hello Jacki Abramian
Let’s see if you have a good memory….
Some 30 and more yrs ago ,when I *no doubt you too-were invited to commeorate 40th
Anniversary of the fusillation of Misak Manuchian*French Armenian resistance fighter-you sat next to me at the prestigious “Ecole Militaire” in Paris and they honoured us with a sumptuous Lunch.Officers of the French army serving us with white glvoes on…
Opposite us sat the Soviet Embassy First secretary *a Mr. Gasparianand I had a long chat with him in Armenian.I wonder if you undeerstood what we talked about..
Anyhow, it is good to practice memory strength..
Please let me know..
respectfully,
Gaytzag Palandjian