Celebrating International Mother Language Day

Purdue BDSA celebrated the International Mother Language Day (IMLD) on March 31st 2018 in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.

Complete program schedule:

#	Country/Organization Represented other than BDSA	Item Details	Performers
0		MCs would be taking stage at the beginning and comes before every performance	Saiful, Kafi, Ishaam
1		National Anthem of Bangladesh	Sanchita, Sajid, Tridib, Shoumyo, Sujon, Ajanta, Shuvro, Medha, Kuhu
2		Dance: Rokte amar abar proloy dola	Orchi, Maliha, Saraf, Sabrina, Sarah, Baishakhi, Sanchita, Shorf, Ema, Ajanta, Medha
		Poem recitation: Kumro Phuler Bori	Sanchita
		March to Freedom / Chol Chol Chol	Ankon, Sadi, Pintu, Babu, Sajid, Rohan, Shamya
		Song: Joy Bangla	Sanchita, Medha, Shuvro, Ajanta, Sajid, Shoumya, Tridib
3	USA	Song: Stand by Me - BB King	Matt Therkelsen, Jacob Werth
4		Dance: Dhitang Dhitang Bole	Saraf, Sabrina, Sarah, Bushra, Orchi, Maliha, Ema
5	Phillipine	"Ako'y saiyo at ika'y saakin lamang" in Tagalog language	Miguel Odron
6	South Korea	"River Flows in You" by Iruma	Brian, Saeed
7		"Borne Gondhe" - Original by Sachin Deb Barman	Kuhu, Aveek, Tamzid, Maliha
8	Romania	"Ierusalime, cetate împodobită" Saxophone cover	Sam, Sajid
9	Iran	Kamanche improvisation	Kiarash (Kia)
10		Multiple songs featuring Tagore song and Bengali folk songs: "Ami Marer Sagor Pari Debo" - Tagore Song "Kalo jole kujla tole" - Jhumur song "Pindare Polasher Bon" - Jhumur song	Sanchita, Medha, Tridib, Shoumya, Sajid
11	Peru	"Música Peruana Andina/Andean" Peruvian Music	Manuel Mar, Jorge Diaz, Jorge Perez, Miguel Alvarez, Grady Games
12		Dance: Dheemtana	Saraf, Sabrina, Shorf, Ajanata, Ema, Baishakhi
13		Violin: "Amar Bhaiyer Rokte" Piano: "Ami Banglay Gaan Gai"	Satyo Snigdho
14	Bangladesh/Senegal	"Fatou yo" Senegalese Song fusion with Bengali song	Shoumya, Tridib
15	India	Tatvam band performs a Hindi, Tamil and Persian song	Anamika Shreevastava, Parul Verma, Hridya Nelson, Parag Parekh, Prashanth Bhalachandran, Janav Udani, Shrihari Sridharan, Shashank Kashyap, Ananya Sheth
16		Speech by BDSA President and Cultural Chair	Sajid / Sanchita
17		Dance: Roshik Amar + Dhimtana	Saraf, Sabrina, Ema, Bushra, Shorf

Slide Projection volunteer: Asif, Sanjoy
Camera and Video: Shimul, Shamya
Backstage: Babu, Pintu, Parvez, Shamik

Thank you note from BDSA President

"On behalf of the executive committee of Purdue BDSA, I would like to thank all the participants, performers, committee members, backstage volunteers, technical crew, slide projection volunteers, emcees, flyer and trifold designer, and volunteers who worked day and night and helped the IMLD happen. Thank you to all of you who came to enjoy the show.
We do ask the question “why?” before every event or project that we have overtaken as this committee. For this International Mother Language Day celebration, we had two answers to this “why?” question. Firstly, we wanted to put forward Bangladesh, its history, and culture to the diverse Purdue population. Secondly, we wanted to give a platform to the diverse student body at Purdue to celebrate their linguistic diversity and culture.
This year, we tried to bring some new flavor to the show by strictly maintaining punctuality (we started the programme at 7:05 and finished before 10:00 pm), putting forth a video and live performance combination depicting the history of IMLD and Bangladesh. We also tried to bring more 'International' performers, by emailing about 3500 International students of Purdue, inviting them to perform in our show. "

Sajid Choudhury