Meitei language festival
Meitei language festival
Native name Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei; Manipuri Bhasha Utsav
English nameManipuri language festival
Date2008 (2008)[1]
Venue
LocationBangladesh
Also known asManipuri Language and Culture Festival (Bengali: Manipuri Bhasha o Sanskriti Utsav)[2]
Typeannual event
ThemeMeitei language (officially called Manipuri language)
Targetpreservation 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 byBangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad[6]
ParticipantsMeitei people (AKA Manipuri people)[lower-alpha 3][7]

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]

Written tests

Every year, written tests are organised for the students in the Meitei language festival.[11][12]

  • For the students of the 1st grade to the 8th grade, they shall appear the test in "A branch".[13]
  • For the students of the 9th grade and the 10th grade, they shall appear the test in "B branch".[14]

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

  • N Ratan Meitei from Manipur state of India was the special guest in the 2023 Meitei language festival.[18][19]

Canada

Published works

  • "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.[21][22]

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 প্রতিনিধি, মৌলভীবাজার. "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". দৈনিক জালালাবাদ | Daily Jalalabad. 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". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 প্রতিনিধি (13 May 2022). "কমলগঞ্জে দিনব্যাপী মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত". www.alordesh24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ↑ প্রতিনিধি (13 May 2022). "কমলগঞ্জে দিনব্যাপী মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত". www.bangla-times.com. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসব পালিত". ABNEWS24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "নিজস্ব ভাষা সাহিত্যকে যথার্থ চর্চার মাধ্যমেই বাঁচিয়ে রাখা সম্ভব". সিলেটের ডাক. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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  12. ↑ "মৌলভীবাজারের কমলগঞ্জে মনিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপিত". Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  13. ↑ EyeNews.news. "কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব উদযাপন". EyeNews.news. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Sangbad, Protidiner. "মণিপুরী ভাষা উৎসব". Protidiner Sangbad (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  15. 1 2 3 Paul, Jibon (14 May 2022). "কমলগঞ্জে মণিপুরি ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতি উৎসব". দৈনিক জালালাবাদ | Daily Jalalabad. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  16. ↑ Samachar, সিলেট সমাচার :: Sylhet. "মৌলভীবাজারে মণিপুরি ভাষা উৎসবে মাতৃভাষায় পরীক্ষায়". Sylhet Samachar. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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