Daily Archives: September 21, 2012
Happy 2nd Independence Day, Armenia!!
21 years ago today, Armenia gained it’s 2nd independence within a single century.
The Soviet Empire de facto collapsed in August of 1991, after an attempt to stage a coup failed in Moscow. An independence referendum was held in the Republic of Armenia on 21 September 1991, and was to determine if voters were in favour of independence from the Soviet Union. A total of 99.5% of voters voted in favour. Turnout was 95.0%.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| For | 2,042,627 | 99.51 |
| Against | 10,002 | 0.49 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,129 | – |
| Total | 2,056,758 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,163,967 | 95.05 |
| Source: Direct Democracy | ||
However, widespread recognition did not occur until the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. Thus, after 70 years of Soviet ruling Armenia became an independent State. In October 1991, the presidential elections took place in Armenia. Levon Ter-Petrossian became the first popularly elected President in Armenian history.
Hand pulled rickshaws which was invented in Japan used to be the main means of transport in Penang in the very early days, as the name suggested, a runner would use his leg power to pull the carriage at the back which can seat two passengers. The art that I encountered here is not a drawing on the wall but it is an art made from metal. Pieces were soldered together to form a picture like so in my picture shown below. The arts that you find around Armenian street sides more towards cartoon type which gives fun to the visitors so you will see rickshaw got ripped apart while the passengers still stuck behind the narrow doorway with the runner running on.
The picture I’m going to share below was taken by 16-35mm f2.8L USM on 5D II. You can expect cars parking alongside the wall arts like these…
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