Our Georgian Peers

Several hours have passed since we hugged each other with tears in our eyes. Frankly speaking I have already managed to miss them all. On the first day, when we were meeting them, I was standing aside, I didn't know any of them. I was only watching our learners hug them warmly. Only four days have passed. We have spent four days with our Georgian friends. We have been to different places, have sung and danced together. They all learned our dance "Mshetsi" and danced it wherever it was possible. There were moments when we were looking at each other and laughing loudly without any reason. We taught them our favourite game "Foot" which we didn't manage to play till the end as every time some of us left the game, we didn't continue and began the game from the beginning with all of us taking part. Four days have passed, and now we, Sebastatsies and the students of Art School after Soliko Virsaladze have become close friends. I loved each of them. I can't help telling their names: Ionna (Lusine), Nino, Ani, Mako, Nino, Ani, Shotiko, Sofi, Tako and a girl whose name I can't remember now. I will miss them, their teachers and the headmaster. The distance separating us can't hinder us. I hope to visit them and they will visit us again. It was so hard to part with each other.               

The Armenian text by Lia Movsisyan

Translated into English by Yeva Markosyan, Anna Mkrtchyan, Elen Mkrtchyan and Laura Enokyan