Manipuri Language Festival

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The names of the "Meitei Language Festival" (AKA "Manipuri Language Festival") - "Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei" (in Meitei, the native language) & "Manipuri Bhasha Utsav" (in Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh).jpg
Meitei language festival
Native name Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei; Manipuri Bhasha Utsav
English nameManipuri language festival
Date2008;18 years ago (2008) [1]
Venue
Location Bangladesh
Also known asManipuri Language and Culture Festival (Bengali: Manipuri Bhasha o Sanskriti Utsav) [2]
Typeannual event
Theme Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language)
Targetpreservation and development of Meitei language, [4] indigenous Meitei script [a] and Meitei culture [b] in Bangladesh
Patron Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad
Organised by Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad [6]
Participants Meitei people (AKA Manipuri people) [7]

The Manipuri Language Festival (Meitei : Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei), also known as the Meitei Language Festival or the Manipuri Bhasha Utsav, is an annual language festival dedicated to the promotion and the development of the Manipuri Meitei language, Meitei script, and Meitei culture in Bangladesh. [8] The event is organised by the Bangladesh Manipuri Literary Society (Bengali : বাংলাদেশ মণিপুরি সাহিত্য সংসদের, romanized:  Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad ). [9] [10]

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Festival activities

The festival is held at Adampur Tetaigaon Rashid Uddin High School premises in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar. It includes an opening address and colourful procession and rally of Meitei students and guests, a payment of tribute at the local Martyrs' Monument to those protestors who died during the Bengali language movement of 1952, [5] [11] and meetings, including cultural programs and prize-giving. [5] [11]

Students in the 1st-8th grade (A branch) and 9th-10th grade (B branch) in the festival, had the opportunity to take a written test in their mother tongue. [12]

2022

In 2022, AK Sheram, the president of the Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad, and Shahena Begum, the then-acting principal of Teteigaon Ramid Uddin High School, opened the Manipuri Language Festival. Later, a meeting attended by Saurabh Sikdar of the Linguistics Department of Dhaka University and Mathura Vikas Tripura, executive director of the Jabarang Welfare Organisation and member of the International Indigenous Languages Decade National Committee, was held to discuss the practice and promotion of the Meitei language and culture in the school. [5] [11]

2023 event

The main meeting was chaired by poet and essayist AK Sheram and the organization's general secretary, Nambram Shankar. Special guests included Parimal Singh, the secretary of the National Sports Council of Bangladesh, [13] [14] and N. Ratan Meitei. [15] [16]

Publications

"Meira" (Meitei : ꯃꯩꯔꯥ; মৈরা, romanized: /mə́i.ra/, lit.  'Torch'), the cover of commemorative collection of the festival was released at the 2023 Meitei Language Festival. [17] [18]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The event promotes the indigenous Meitei writing system to be used for the Meitei language, other than the already predominantly used Bengali script. [5]
  2. ↑ The event also focuses on the cultural programs, besides the mother tongue, the Meitei language. [2]

References

  1. ↑ মৌলভীবাজারে মাতৃভাষায় পরীক্ষা দিল শতাধিক মণিপুরি শিক্ষার্থী. bdnews24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Paul, Jibon (14 May 2022). কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব. Daily Jalalabad (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Manipuri language festival : 20th mar16 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ↑ মৌলভীবাজারের কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 কমলগঞ্জে দিনব্যাপী মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 13 May 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ↑ কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত. alordesh24.com (in Bengali). 13 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ↑ কমলগঞ্জে দিনব্যাপী মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 13 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ↑ কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত. bangla-times.com (in Bengali). 10 March 2023. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. ↑ কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসব পালিত. AB News 24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  10. ↑ নিজস্ব ভাষা সাহিত্যকে যথার্থ চর্চার মাধ্যমেই বাঁচিয়ে রাখা সম্ভব. সিলেটের ডাক (in Bengali). 10 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 Paul, Jibon (14 May 2022). কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব. দৈনিক জালালাবাদ | Daily Jalalabad (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  12. ↑ কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত. bangla-times.com (in Bengali). 10 March 2023. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Samachar, সিলেট সমাচার :: Sylhet. মৌলভীবাজারে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসবে মাতৃভাষায় পরীক্ষায়. Sylhet Samachar (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  14. ↑ newseditor (10 March 2023). কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব. Unitednews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  15. ↑ কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসব পালিত. sylhettoday24.news (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  16. ↑ মৌলভীবাজারে মণিপুরী মাতৃভাষায় শতাধিক শিক্ষার্থী পরীক্ষা দিল | বাংলা এক্সপ্রেস মিডিয়া | Bangla Express Media (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  17. ↑ Rasel, Razib. কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপন. sylhetvoice.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  18. ↑ মণিপুরী মাতৃভাষায় শতাধিক শিক্ষার্থী পরীক্ষা দিল - Protidiner Post (in Bengali). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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