{"id":19940,"date":"2026-04-15T16:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/int-heritage.am\/?page_id=19940"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:00:59","slug":"international-crafts-festival-meghri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/int-heritage.am\/en\/international-crafts-festival-meghri\/","title":{"rendered":"International Crafts Festival &#8211; Meghri"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19940\" class=\"elementor elementor-19940\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e347a24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e347a24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-712f145\" data-id=\"712f145\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8969d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b8969d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">International Crafts Festival - Meghri<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2317e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2317e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66d1a96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66d1a96\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd9460a\" data-id=\"bd9460a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89bba67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89bba67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/int-heritage.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Grafts-Festival-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19928\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f390ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f390ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>On May 16\u201317, Meghri, the 2026 CIS Cultural Capital, hosted the 5th International Crafts Festival, held under the theme &#8220;Creative Community, Sustainable Future.&#8221;<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The festival brought together around 70 master artisans from 11 countries (Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, and Tajikistan). Visitors had the unique opportunity to admire a diverse display of traditional crafts and actively engage in specialized masterclasses including pottery, felting, and carpet weaving. The cultural program of the festival was enriched by a traditional tightrope performance by Mamikon, the &#8220;Searching for the Sun&#8221; interactive quest by the &#8220;LOFT-MEGHRI&#8221; Center, the &#8220;Capture the Moment&#8221; photo zone, and live concerts featuring Katil Band, the Manel Choir, and the Vary Varenk initiative.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The festival was organized at the initiative and with the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia, in cooperation with the Hovhannes Sharambeyan Folk Arts Museum, with the support of the Meghri Municipality, the Cultural Development Foundation, and the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2c874e elementor-section-boxed 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