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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| Native name | Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei; Manipuri Bhasha Utsav |
|---|---|
| English name | Manipuri language festival |
| Date | 2008[1] |
| Venue | |
| Location | Bangladesh |
| Also known as | Manipuri Language and Culture Festival (Bengali: Manipuri Bhasha o Sanskriti Utsav)[2] |
| Type | annual event |
| Theme | Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language) |
| Target | preservation and development of Meitei language,[4] indigenous Meitei script[a] and Meitei culture[b] in Bangladesh |
| Patron(s) | Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad |
| Organised by | Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad[6] |
| Participants | Meitei people (AKA Manipuri people)[7] |
Festival Activities edit
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 a meetings, including cultural programs and prize-giving.[5][11]
Students in the 1st-8th grade (A branch) and 9-10th grade (B branch) students in the festival.[12]had the opportunity to take a written test in their mother tongue.
2022 edit
In 2022, AK Sheram, the president of the Bangladesh Manipuri Literary Society, and Shahena Begum, the then-acting principal of Teteigaon Ramid Uddin High School, opened the Manipuri Language Festival. Later, a meeting, attended by Professor Saurabh Sikdar of the Linguistics Department of Dhaka University, Mathura Vikas Tripura, Executive Director of the Jabarang Welfare Organisation (Bengali: জাবারাং কল্যাণ সমিতি, romanized: Zabarang Kalyan Samity) 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 edit
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 edit
"Meira" (Meitei: ꯃꯩꯔꯥ; মৈরা, romanized: /mə́i.ra/, lit. 'torch'), the cover of commemorative collection of the festival was released in the 2023 Meitei language festival.[17][18]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ The event promotes indigenous Meitei writing system to be used for Meitei language, other than the already predominantly used Bengali script.[5]
- ^ The event also focusses on the cultural programs, besides the mother tongue, Meitei language.[2]
References edit
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- ^ a b c "Manipuri language festival : 20th mar16 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "মৌলভীবাজারের কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d প্রতিনিধি (13 May 2022). "কমলগঞ্জে দিনব্যাপী মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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- ^ প্রতিনিধি (13 May 2022). "কমলগঞ্জে দিনব্যাপী মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত". www.bangla-times.com. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসব পালিত". ABNEWS24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "নিজস্ব ভাষা সাহিত্যকে যথার্থ চর্চার মাধ্যমেই বাঁচিয়ে রাখা সম্ভব". সিলেটের ডাক. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ a b c Paul, Jibon (14 May 2022). "কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব". দৈনিক জালালাবাদ | Daily Jalalabad. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত". www.bangla-times.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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- ^ newseditor (10 March 2023). "কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব". Unitednews24.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Today 24, Sylhet; প্রতিনিধি, কমলগঞ্জ. "কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসব পালিত". sylhettoday24.news. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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