Meitei language festival
The Meitei language festival (Meitei: Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei), formally known as the Manipuri language festival or the Manipuri Bhasha Utsav, is an annual language festival that is dedicated to the active promotion and the development of Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language), indigenous Meitei script[lower-alpha 1] and Meitei culture[lower-alpha 2] in the People's Republic of Bangladesh.[8] The event is organised by the Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad.[9][10]
Native name | Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei; Manipuri Bhasha Utsav |
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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[lower-alpha 1] and Meitei culture[lower-alpha 2] in Bangladesh |
Patron(s) | Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad |
Organised by | Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad[6] |
Participants | Meitei people (AKA Manipuri people)[lower-alpha 3][7] |
Written tests
Every year, written tests are organised for the students in the Meitei language festival.[11][12]
2022 event
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, inaugurated the Meitei language festival, followed by a colorful procession, participated by the students and guests belonging to the Meitei ethnicity (Manipuri people), including the Meitei Muslims (Meitei Pangals), and then paying tributes to the Shaheed Minar of the school for their language martyrs.[5][15]
The students had the opportunity to take a written test in their mother tongue Meitei language in the indigenous Meitei script. During the event, a meeting was organised on the practice and promotion of Meitei language and culture in the school auditorium, followed by the prize distribution ceremonies and the cultural programs.[5][15]
The meeting was attended by Professor Saurabh Sikdar of Linguistics Department of Dhaka University, Executive Director of Jabarang Kalyan Samiti Mathura Vikas Tripura and member secretary and development worker of International Tribal Language Decade National Committee Bandhan Arang.[5][15]
2023 event
In 2023, the festival was organised in Adampur Tetaigaon Rashid Uddin High School premises in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar. During the event, the national flag of Bangladesh and the flag of the organization were hoisted, followed by a colorful rally, starting from the school premises, patrolling around the main road of the Adampur Bazar. In the event, a written test of Meitei language was organised, which was participated by more than 150 students from 1st to 10th grades of classes. A meeting, including cultural programs and prize distribution ceremonies, were organised in the auditorium of the Tetigaon Rashid Uddin High School. It was chaired by a renowned poet and essayist AK Sheram and the organization's general secretary Nambram Shankar. Parimal Singh, the secretary of the National Sports Council of Bangladesh, was the chief guest of the event.[16][17]
Delegates and diasporas from other nations
India
Canada
- Natasha, a Canadian expatriate and a Meitei language researcher, also attended the 2023 Meitei language festival.[1][20]
Published works
See also
Notes
- 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]
- including Meitei Pangals (Meitei Muslims)
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