PanARMENIAN.Net - Two postage stamps dedicated to the theme “Armenia-India joint issue. National dances” were put into circulation on Wednesday, August 29.
The two stamps with nominal values of AMD 280 each are printed in Cartor house in France with a print-run of 40 000 stamps each. The Armenian postage stamp was created by HayPost CJSC designer Vahagn Mkrtchyan, while the Indian was designed by Suresh Kumar from India.
The first postage stamp depicts the Armenian dance “Hov Arek” staged on the basis of the lyrical folk song “Hov arek sarer jan” (Dear mountains, send me a breeze) from the collection of the famous Armenian musicologist, composer and priest Komitas. The dance is performed by women.
The second postage stamp depicts the Indian dance “Manipuri”, which is one of the major Indian classical dance forms....
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