[Perthbashi] Vote of Thanks BAAWA International Mother Language Day 2023

Dear community members

We celebrated International Mother Language Day on 25^th February 2023. International Mother Language Day recognizes that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and the Sustainable Development Goals’ focus on leaving no one behind. The theme of the 2023 International Mother Language Day, “Multilingual education – a necessity to transform education” aligns with recommendations made during the Transforming Education Summit, where an emphasis was also placed on Indigenous people’s education and languages. On this occasion we had the following guests including guests all the way from Bangladesh.

His Lordship the Mayor Logan K. Howlett JP, Mayor of The City Of Cockburn and Mrs Patricia Howlett,

Dr. Rita Afsar, representative from Organisation for multicultural interest,

Dr. Basu Regmi, President of Nepalese Organisation of Western Australia (NAWA),

Deepak Basnet, President NRNA Perth

Ms Safia Ghazi Rahman – Founder of Sunshine Grammar School

Mr Samir Rahman – Principal of Sunshine Grammar School

Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar – Chairman, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka

Professor Mustafa Kamrul Akhter – Chairman, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chattogram

I would like to thank BAAWA Vice President Dr. Saumitra Seal, GS Abu Saeed Anwar and BAAWA president Dr. Anisur Rahman for their support. Thanks are due to all EC members who have helped behind the scenes to make tonight possible. Thank you to my assistant cultural secretaries Nafisa Akhter Chowdhury and Zareen Lima. They contributed to back ground slides, and event planning and presentation. Thanks are due to my subcommittee members Tasneemul Galib Amit, Dr. Tania Urmee, Simi Khan, Suchi Barua, Tanzeeb Shahid Kaushik for their contribution and relentless support.

Dr. Shahedin Shahid Rajoo provided the shahid minar monument that symbolises the sacrifice of the language martyrs.

BAAWA organised a bookfair to promote the writers and poets from our community and to encourage future generation to read and write. At the bookfair we had Khalil Rahman, Moly Siddiqa, Sharifa Tultuly, Biswojit Bose and Dr. Tania Urmee. We are so grateful for their contribution to Bengali literature and to science. I hope the future generation is inspired by their work and feel motivated to create their own.

An event like this is not possible without hours of practice and rehearsals. Thanks to Panna Barua Liza, Sharmistha Saha, Shaouli Shahid and Tasneemul Galib Amit for organising the group performers. A total of 60 children from Bangladesh, Nepal and India performed at the event. Congratulations and thanks to all performers for their fantastic performances. Thanks are due to parents who have made time in their busy schedule to take their children to rehearsals and provided their house as venues. Our fellow community organisation representatives from Nepal and Hindi samaj deserve a huge thanks for accommodating our requests and for their utmost cooperation. Thanks to the masters of ceremony Tanzim and Anayna for being wonderful compares for tonight. Thanks to the light and sound operators Tasneemul Galib Amit and Nafisa Akhter Chowdhury. Thanks are due to backstage volunteers Tanzim Shahid Kaushik and Tasneemul Galib Amit.

On behalf of BAAWA, I would like to convey my gratitude to the following individuals to be part of this event and make it successful –

Performers/Coordinators:

Program concept and content	Concept, Design and Content curation: Swarna Afsar Script: Swarna Afsar
Masters of Ceremony	Tanzim Afroz Snigdha, Ananyna Sharma
Background slides	Nafisa Akhter Chowdhury
Recitation and Song	Sajid, Tanisha and Farah Coordinator: Shahin Choudhury Mimi
Speeches	Dr. Saumitra Seal His Worship the Mayor Logan K. Howlett JP, Mayor of The City Of Cockburn Dr. Rita Afsar Ms Safia Ghazi Rahman
Children’s group song	Dibbo, Mehnaz, Orvin, Ramin, Nirbaan, Keyaan and Manha Coordinator: Panna Barua Liza
Pathshala Bangla School	Nawar, Sofia, Aliza, Durjoy, Shalini, Laxmi, Avi, Fardeen, Shayaan and Yakub Coordinator: Sharmistha Saha
Pathshala (Hindi)	Ashna, Aisha, Alicia Veronica, Suniti, Misha, Akshi, Arav and Avya Coordinator: Pooja Bhardwaj
Nepalese Pathshala	Swastika, Bishakha, Subin, Alice, Reeva, Iru, Sanya Coordinator: Usha Acharya, Sumina Dahal
Bhairabi Music School	Shafana, Samiha, Jamimah, Aarshan, Musa, Maisara, Jayidah, Siana, Priti, Aapti, Fareen, Samara, Sara, Fiona, Nearra, Promi, Subah, Sahil, Tamid, Nishorgo and Sanaya Coordinator: Shaouli Shahid
Adult Solo and Duet	Asif Al Mamun Apu, Liza Barua and Farzana Jahan Kakon
Adult Recitation	Biswojit Bose
Adult Dance	Joyti Mabruk
Panel Discussion	Dr. Tania Urmee, Sharmistha Saha, Shakil Ahmed, Ananyna Sharma and Raisa Anwar Coordinator: Tasneemul Galib Amit
Quiz Scorer	Tasneemul Galib Amit and Kaisur Rahman

Volunteers:

Task	volunteers
Sound Set up	Tanseemul Galib Amit and Tanzeeb Shahid Kaushik
Book Fair Set UP	Dr. Tania Urmee, Arnisha Zaman and Elora Galib
Sound Operation and visual display	Nafisa Akhter Chowdhury
Performer & Stage Management	Tanzeeb Shahid Kaushik, Simi Khan and Suchi Barua
Event photography	Sabi

Please visit our Facebook page for the photos and videos. Once again, thank you dear Perthbashi for your wholehearted support, as always. And if you have any feedback, please send them through to swarnamars@hotmail.com

We have a quite a few events coming up in the new year where we would welcome your participation and engagement. So, stay tuned and note these dates –

18th March 2023 – Banglar Mela

13^th And 20^th May – BAAWA Drama Fest

Best Regards

Swarna Afsar

Cultural Secretary,

BAAWA Inc.

Category: Community NewsBy Perthbashi Group March 1, 2023

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Author: Perthbashi Group

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