The first thoughts of flashmob occured in a tea-house last year, when 3 friends Armen, Eduard and Vaghinak, after long discussions, decided to implement the plan. <\/p>\n
”Flashmob culture is a type of PR technology. That culture is rather rootted in West and we initiated something like that in Yerevan. The first flashmob was dedicated to the 95th unniversary of the Armenian Genocide” says 22-year-old economist Armen Suqiasyan.<\/p>\n
On the exact planned time from differnt sides of Abovyan street there gathered groups of youth in Aznavour Square and standing in rows lifted up the papers of their hands.It shaped the 95 simbolizing the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. <\/p>\n
Flashmob is a planned chain of actions during which a group of people suddenly appear in a public place, carry out an illogical action and then dissapear as quickly as they appeared. <\/p>\n
The psychological side of flashmob is that the participants create an illogical situation but act as if everything is all right. In spite of the strange atmosphere the participiants should be serious.<\/p>\n
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The first thoughts of flashmob occured in a tea-house last year, when 3 friends Armen, Eduard and Vaghinak, after long discussions, decided to implement the plan. <\/p>\n
”Flashmob culture is a type of PR technology. That culture is rather rootted in West and we initiated something like that in Yerevan. The first flashmob was dedicated to the 95th unniversary of the Armenian Genocide” says 22-year-old economist Armen Suqiasyan.<\/p>\n
On the exact planned time from differnt sides of Abovyan street there gathered groups of youth in Aznavour Square and standing in rows lifted up the papers of their hands.It shaped the 95 simbolizing the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. <\/p>\n
Flashmob is a planned chain of actions during which a group of people suddenly appear in a public place, carry out an illogical action and then dissapear as quickly as they appeared. <\/p>\n
The psychological side of flashmob is that the participants create an illogical situation but act as if everything is all right. In spite of the strange atmosphere the participiants should be serious.<\/p>\n
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The first flashmob was organized in May of 2003 in Manhattan New York by Bill Wasik, the senior editor of <\/em>Harper’s Magazine, <\/em>but it was stopped by the police. ”The goal is to have an intertainment and fun, to make the life of youth more lively, to draw attention on social-cultural issues and to offer new ways of self expression,” mentions Eduard Levanyan, one of the co-founders. <\/p>\n [[wysiwyg_imageupload:121:]]<\/p>\n
\nThe initiation flashmob Armenia is aimed at making the concept more widespread in Armenia by organizing them more often. The organizing group is called ”Flashmob Division” which is willing to accept new members as well.<\/p>\n
\nThe latest Yerevan flashmobs were dedicated to massive reading and national symbols. <\/p>\n