Mangalore: Beary Janapada Mela - a Grand Cultural Fest in City
Pics Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network

 Mangalore, May 11: Popularizing culture helps language from declining and the academies concerned should arrange programmes focusing on culture to keep it alive among the people, said Manu Baligar, director of Kannada and Culture department on Tuesday May 11.

Speaking at the inaugural of Beary Janapada Mela, one-day beary cultural festival and state-level Duff competition organized by the state Beary Sahitya Academy at Don Bosco Hall in city, he said that the government understanding the need to promote regional languages, has given priority to the academies. It has provided more funds to the academies to utilize it into furthering the activities related to the language and popularizing the same.

"Each regional language has its own speciality and the folk element in any language has the power of attracting everyone," he said adding that folk innovations will attract non-native speakers of the language also.

The academies have the responsibility to preserve the culture, folk and the tradition of the languages, where as the languages has life with its culture and tradition, he added.

Manu Baligar inaugurated the programme by beating the duff.

Beary Sahitya Academy registrar Chandrahas Rai welcomed all. M B Abdul Rahiman, chairman of the academy presided.

Bannanje Babu Amin, folk scholor and N H Adam Faizi, priest of Nandavara Juma Masjid were the chief guests. Azeez Baikampady, member of the academy proposed the vote of thanks.

In all 11 teams all over the state participated in the duff competition.  

Rifayiya Daf committee, Kota, Kundapur, bagged the first place while Misfahul Bukhari Daf committee, Kedambady, and Al Isfah Daf committee, Vidhyapura, Kabaka, bagged the second and third places, respectively.   

K E Mohammed, Kodi–Kundapur, bagged the top singer award.