Armenians Danced "Kochari" at the Walls of Reichstag in Berlin (VIDEO)

• 05.09.2018, 14:09
•  Armenia

The dance “Kochari” was performed by the Armenian soldiers in 1945 in Reichstag, Berlin. Related to this event, there was written the poem “Dance of Victory”. 

As a national dance Kochari is danced by holding hands and moving in a circle in a closed row. Generally, the main dancer announces about the figure change by a loud voice or by waving the handkerchief. The movements in the dance are springy, some of them appeared in the course of time when the cult of animals was widely spread, and exactly that’s why they remind the jumping of horned animals.

During the 10^th session of UNESCO committee of Intangible cultural heritage there were discussed 35 applications, including the application of Armenia to include the traditional national Armenian dance “Kochari” in the list of Intangible cultural heritage. 

In the result of the discussions among the members of the committee, experts and the representatives of Armenia, UNESCO committee of Intangible cultural heritage approved that the traditional dance "Kochari" is a manifestation of national identity and it is spread both in Armenia and in Diaspora.