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TOKYO SHAHEED MINAR
AT IKEBUKURO
NISHIGUCHI PARK
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Shaheed Minar
Foundation Stone
Laying Ceremony
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ABOUT SHAHEED MINAR &
INTERNATIONAL
MOTHER
LANGUAGE DAY
There
are six thousand
languages in the
world. However,
half of them
will be extinct
within the next
50 years. Due to
globalization
with some
countries
overwhelmingly
dominating the
rest of the
world, there is
a growing
concern that 95%
of world
languages may
not survive
until the next
century.
However,
languages are
the most
powerful
instruments for
preserving and
developing the
tangible and
intangible
heritage of
human
civilization. On
this context,
the 30th session
of the General
Conference of
UNESCO in 1999,
participated and
unanimously
agreed upon by
188 countries,
declared
February 21 to
be the
International
Mother Language
Day.
February 21
is a very
significant
national day of
Bangladesh. On
this day in
1952, a number
of people lost
their lives at
Dhaka city,
trying to
protect their
mother language
Bangla, through
a movement known
as the language
movement.
Shaheed Minar
is the monument
built first at
Dhaka later on
at many other
places , to
commemorate the
martyrs of the
language
movement in
Bangladesh.
After the 1999
UNESCO
declaration of
February 21 to
be the
International
Mother Language
Day, Shaheed
Minar became the
International
symbol of love
to mother
language.
The
Tokyo Shaheed
Minar, built at
Ikebukuro
West Exit Park,
was a present
from the
People's
Republic of
Bangladesh to
the City of
Toshima, in the
year 2005. It
symbolizes the
cultural
exchange between
Toshima and
Bangladesh,
which started
with Boishakhi
Mela (Bangladesh
New Year
Festival). This
festival is
organized every
year in mid
April, by Japan
Bangladesh
Society (JBS) at
Ikebukuro West
Exit Park,
since the year
2000. The
Tokyo
Metropolitan
Theatre
is
also located in
this park. Tokyo
Shaheed Minar as
depicted above,
has a central
part, which
represents
language as the
mother and four
figures around
it, symbolizing
children
protecting the
mother.
Japan Bangladesh
Society has
undertaken a
campaign so that
the
International
Mother Language
Day (February
21) is
recognized as a
national day in
Japan as well as
all other
countries of the
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