Ukrainian Language Day is a day which is celebrated annually in our gymnasium on 21 February since 2000.
Support of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism "was announced about at the XXX Session of UNESCO General Conference,
held October 26 - November 17, 1999 in Paris.
Halyna Kononivna Dmytrenko, a teacher of Ukrainian, started the celebration with Shevchenko's words:
Ну що б, здавалося, слова...
Слова та голос — більш нічого.
А серце б’ється — ожива,
Як їх почує!..
Знать, од Бога
І голос той, і ті слова
Ідуть меж люди! . . . . . . . . . . .
Out of 6000 spoken languages in the world, about half are threatened with extinction,
UNESCO seeks to support the language as a sign of cultural affiliation entity.
I think that is very well when mankind pays so much attention to native language,
without language there are no people!
The festival was celebrated in our school hall. A lot of students took part in the celebration.
They recited Ukrainian poetry and their own poems, sang Ukrainian songs.
What do you think about this day? Do we need to support our native language?
Posted by Nastasia Zhulay, 7-B
Photos by Ms Byzova
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