The world and children’s imagination in Freedom Square

The International Day for Protection of Children launched in Yerevan at 11:00. From early morning the Freedom Square was ready and was waiting for children.

Hundreds of children started the painting contest with chalks in their hands. They applied what they had learned at school or kindergarten on the asphalt in the Freedom Square. Many images were hard to understand: children’s doodle was unexplainable perhaps for us, but for them it was clear and meaningful.

Ani Grigoryan, 8 years old
“I have painted nature, There is a sun, a river, trees and our house in this small circle.”

Mane Ghazaryan, 7 years old
“I draw with chalk in our yard, too. I asked my mother to bring me to the Freedom Square so that I can compete with contemporaries. I have painted me and my little brother.”

Hayk Sargsyan, 3 years old
“I have drawn a girl, it is a bit large but I do not care.”

Sevak and Aram Tovmasyans, 6 and 5 years old
Sevak, “Wherever we go we are always together  – at home, in the yard, in the kindergarten. And now we are drawing together, too. But my brother disturbs me.”

Gagik Ayvazyan, 5 years old
 “I have come with my friends of the kindergarten. We are going to win, I am painting the best even during the classes. I have painted a colorful monkey.”

Ani Hasratyan, 5 years old
“I am drawing the house of my dreams. It is big and has two playrooms.”

Eva Badalyan, 2,5 years old
“I do not know what I am drawing, perhaps sun.”