Embassy interventions reportedly canceled Artsakh ensembles’ Vienna festival appearance

As if destroying Armenian tangible heritage and other physical Armenian presence in Artsakh was not enough, Azerbaijan is also attempting to erase Armenian culture, traditions and the memory of Artsakh abroad. For example, until the early 20th century, Nakhichevan was just like Artsakh; today nothing is left of its Armenian heritage, culture, traditions and memories. There is, in fact, a word for this aspect of cultural genocide: memoricide – the intentional and systematic destruction of a targeted peoples’ culture, identity, past and memory. Artsakh may be gone, but preserving its culture and traditions, and passing them on to future generations is of vital importance, so it does not suffer the spiritual extinction of Nakhichevan.