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BIANET CELEBRATES MOTHER TONGUE DAY WITH SONGS
BIAnet.org, Turkey
Feb 21 2013
bianet's International Mother Tongue Day 2013: Languages remain on
earth as long as people expressed them through folk chants and songs.
Haluk KALAFAT [email protected] Ä°stanbul - BIA News Desk 21 February
2013, Thursday
"I have got a story, but I can't express it in the language of my
grandparents," said a bianet writer last year, on what mother tongue
meant for her.
In 2012, bianet asked its pool of writers to share a piece of writing
in their mother tongues. It was a short notice, but many writers
returned with anecdotes, stories and opinions that no readers were
accustomed to see in a bianet website (or elsewhere) setting.
Last year, we also included the reader reaction on our International
Mother Tongue feature.
This article's introduction was from Ozlem Oral's "Languages that
I lost".
Last year I wrote: "Whoever wrote or translated their writings in
a different language on International Mother Tongue Day once more
proved that Languages remain on earth as long as people expressed."
This year, Nilay Vardar took a step forward and proved that languages
remain on earth as long as people expressed them through folk chants
and songs.
bianet reiterates last year's message with the different colors of
mother tongues, but with the common expression of music...
In the hope to see the days we won't have to repeat this message
anymore..
Acknowledgements: We are grateful to all musicians who contributed with
their performances of Sabiha, Zapjevala Sojka Ptica, Yistambılakue,
Ah Mamocan, Tetro Mamalo, Havaz Ã~Dli Meralets, Turike Derwes, Por Amar
Una Donzea, Siya, Ey Kiti Kazankıran, Ehe Gia Panda Gia, Sogdinan
Laslibo, Ah Oglum! and Caye Berbena in Arabic, Bosnian, Circassian,
Western Armenian, Georgian, HemÅ~_in, Kurdish, Ladino, Laz, Pontic
Greek, Modern Greek, Assyrian, Turkish and Zaza respectively.
(HK/BM)
http://bianet.org/english/culture/144566-bianet-celebrates-mother-tongue-day-with-songs
From: Baghdasarian
BIAnet.org, Turkey
Feb 21 2013
bianet's International Mother Tongue Day 2013: Languages remain on
earth as long as people expressed them through folk chants and songs.
Haluk KALAFAT [email protected] Ä°stanbul - BIA News Desk 21 February
2013, Thursday
"I have got a story, but I can't express it in the language of my
grandparents," said a bianet writer last year, on what mother tongue
meant for her.
In 2012, bianet asked its pool of writers to share a piece of writing
in their mother tongues. It was a short notice, but many writers
returned with anecdotes, stories and opinions that no readers were
accustomed to see in a bianet website (or elsewhere) setting.
Last year, we also included the reader reaction on our International
Mother Tongue feature.
This article's introduction was from Ozlem Oral's "Languages that
I lost".
Last year I wrote: "Whoever wrote or translated their writings in
a different language on International Mother Tongue Day once more
proved that Languages remain on earth as long as people expressed."
This year, Nilay Vardar took a step forward and proved that languages
remain on earth as long as people expressed them through folk chants
and songs.
bianet reiterates last year's message with the different colors of
mother tongues, but with the common expression of music...
In the hope to see the days we won't have to repeat this message
anymore..
Acknowledgements: We are grateful to all musicians who contributed with
their performances of Sabiha, Zapjevala Sojka Ptica, Yistambılakue,
Ah Mamocan, Tetro Mamalo, Havaz Ã~Dli Meralets, Turike Derwes, Por Amar
Una Donzea, Siya, Ey Kiti Kazankıran, Ehe Gia Panda Gia, Sogdinan
Laslibo, Ah Oglum! and Caye Berbena in Arabic, Bosnian, Circassian,
Western Armenian, Georgian, HemÅ~_in, Kurdish, Ladino, Laz, Pontic
Greek, Modern Greek, Assyrian, Turkish and Zaza respectively.
(HK/BM)
http://bianet.org/english/culture/144566-bianet-celebrates-mother-tongue-day-with-songs
From: Baghdasarian