01 Jan 2017
Ayrudzi
The members of the Ayrudzi troupe travel across various villages of Armenia on horseback and put on folk song and dance concerts and shadow theatre performances for the locals.
Top Billed Cast
Milan Mlsna 
Ivo Heller Margita Žemlová Dušan Ružička 
Zora Kolínská Nora Blahová 
Marián Labuda
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