An event to mark the UNESCO Mother Language Day - organised by the Anglo-Belarusian Society
Saturday 21 February 2009, 2pm
Belarusian Religious and Cultural Centre
39 Holden Road, London N12
2pm – for the children (up to the age of 13) [organised by Karalina Maćkievič] Short poems, chat, whatever they would like to do in Belarusian. A small present for all the children who participate.
3pm – for the adults (13 and upwards). [organised by Vera Rich] Read your favourite Belarusian poem (no need to learn it by heart!). There will be a prize* of £50 (the Alexander Lutsko Prize, kindly donated by Dr Alan Flowers) for the best reading.
[*or prizes amounting to a total of £50: the sum could be divided at the discretion of the judges.]
Poets from Vera’s Manifold Voices team will be present to read English translations of Belarusian poems, as well as English poems relevant to the occasion. The programme will be interspersed with items inviting thought and discussion about what is meant by ‘mother tongue’.
It would be really good if a party atmosphere could be created throughout the proceedings! Some refreshments will be provided (perhaps draniki [potato pancakes] with sour cream), but contributions of food and drink will be very welcome!! [By the way, Lent begins on Wednesday the following week.]
This is in many ways an experimental event; let us try to make the occasion the first of many in the UK which celebrate the Belarusian language.
UNESCO Mother Language Day
Dr Alexander Lutsko was Rector of the International Sakharov College of Radioecology in Minsk until his death in 1997
Nearest Underground station: Woodside Park on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line
Рубрики 2009, Англа-бел_таварыства, Падзеі; Автор: belbritain; Нет комментариев
Anglo-Belarusian Society invites everyone who is interested in Belarusian poetry for an evening to commemorate what would have been the fiftieth birthday of the poet Anatol Sys (1959-2005). The evening will take place at Belarusian Religious and Cultural Centre (39 Holden Road, London N12 8HS) on Saturday, 21 November, 7 pm. For more information about the poet and his work, go to http://sys.knihi.com/ (in Belarusian); very brief biographical information in English is available at http://kupala-library.iatp.by/bel_lit/s.html. Much of the evening will be in Belarusian. Refreshments will be served.
