The diaspora from Italy celebrated International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually, on February, 21. The decision was taken by UNESCO in November 1999 following the sad events that took place on  February 21, 1952 in Dhaka, when a group of students demonstrated in defense of Bengali, one of Pakistan's national languages, but were repressed and killed by the police.

To commemorate those who sacrificed for the mother tongue, as well as for the continuity, support, promotion and preservation of the mother tongue, the Association "Moldbrixia" from Brescia, Italy decided to participate in this celebration. "Since we have known how much the mother tongue has been distorted, the paths it had to go through to regain its place of value and be respected, we are not indifferent and continue to promote it, even if we are far from home. Probably, we, those who left the Republic of Moldova, understand more the value of the mother tongue and, not in vain, we make efforts to transmit the richness of the Romanian language to our descendants", said Lilia Bicec, founder of the "Moldbrixia" Association.

The participation of the "Moldbrixia" Association in the celebration dedicated to the International Mother Language Day in the city of Brescia was a great honor for our compatriots who had the opportunity to tell about the history of the Romanian language and our invaluable traditions. And to give a special aspect to the celebration and pay tribute to the Romanian language, Amelia Arseni and Ana Maria Busuioc recited poems in their mother tongue. Also, the members of the group "Dorule" - Ion Zaporojanu, Ion Gârlă and Petru Cojocaru also participated in the celebration, and the Moldovans Angela Ciobanu, Ana Arseni, Ana Rotaru, Tatiana Zubcu, Cristina Buclis, Ana Maria Busuioc performed a Moldovan hora, presenting the dance and our national port.

An important moment of the event was the launch of the Romanian language teaching course, which was possible thanks to the support offered by Alessandra Spreafico, who offered to make the premises available for the course.

At the same time, the representatives of the Moldovan community in Brescia also participated in a workshop for making „martisor”, presenting to the public techniques related to the craft of this small accessory that heralds the arrival of spring. The foreign guests present at the event were given „martisor”, explaining the meaning of the colors: white - purity and red - love, and to give more scope to the custom of March 1st, the legend of the marigold was told to them.