Ethnic Community Development Organization (ECDO) - Sylhet, Bangladesh » Culture http://www.ecdo-bd.org Website of ECDO, representing the indigenous communities of Sylhet Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ECDO Celebrated World Indigenous Day-2011 with the theme of “Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting our own future” http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2011/08/21/indigenous-designs-celebrating-stories-and-cultures-crafting-our-own-future-ecdo-celebrated-world-indigenous-day-2011/ http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2011/08/21/indigenous-designs-celebrating-stories-and-cultures-crafting-our-own-future-ecdo-celebrated-world-indigenous-day-2011/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:15:51 +0000 ecdo_admin http://www.ecdo-bd.org/?p=415 DSC08360ECDO have celebrated World Indigenous day in Sylhet divisional head quarter on 9th August 2011. More then ten to fifteen different local indigenous people’s organizations took participate in that day celebration. A colorful rally was arranged on the occasion of that day observation and there were more than one thousand indigenous men and women took participate in the rally bearing placard written to ensure many of their demands to the government. Among many of their demands one of the mentionable demand was to ensure constitutional rights for the indigenous peoples of the country.

After a colorful rally a discussion session was arranged at Central Shaheed Minar Chattar, Sylhet. Many non-indigenous civil society members including a local woman Member of Parliament (MP) of the ruling party Sayeda Jebunnesa Haque, Advocate Emadullah Shahidul Islam President, Sylhet Bar Association and many indigenous leaders took participate in that discussion session. DSC08369Most of the speakers criticized the present government for not recognize the constitutional rights of indigenous peoples of Bangladesh. And the woman MP Sayeda Jebunnesa Haque committed she will share about the demand of indigenous peoples to Prime minister for her valuable consideration. Mentionable, that the whole program was organized by the ‘World Indigenous Day observation Committee of Sylhet’. It should be mentioned that ECDO was started celebration of World Indigenous Day in Sylhet Divisional head quarter since 2005 and still it is going on.

]]> http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2011/08/21/indigenous-designs-celebrating-stories-and-cultures-crafting-our-own-future-ecdo-celebrated-world-indigenous-day-2011/feed/ 0 ECDO observed International Mother Language Day 2010 http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2010/02/28/ecdo-observed-international-mother-language-day-2010/ http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2010/02/28/ecdo-observed-international-mother-language-day-2010/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:22:37 +0000 ecdo_admin http://www.ecdo-bd.org/?p=224 Rally on International Mother Language Day 2010 ECDO observed International Mother Language Day on 21st February, 2010. ECDO tributes to the Language Movement martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the mother tongue 58 years ago. ECDO organized a rally on the occasion of this day observation & after rally ECDO laid wreaths at the Sylhet Shaheed Minar and stood in silence for a few moments in remembrance of the martyrs. In the program there were present Executive committee members of the organization & staffs. ECDO observed this International Mother Language Day every year.

]]> http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2010/02/28/ecdo-observed-international-mother-language-day-2010/feed/ 0 Hoktoy Festival held at Jaintapur Upozila, SYLHET http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2009/05/12/hoktoy-festival-held-at-jaintapur-upozila-sylhet/ http://www.ecdo-bd.org/2009/05/12/hoktoy-festival-held-at-jaintapur-upozila-sylhet/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 09:40:49 +0000 ecdo_admin http://www.ecdo-bd.org/?p=117 Khasi women sacrificing food to GodECDO organized a two days long Khasi cultural program to celebrate the Hoktoi Festival on the 2nd of February, 2009 with support from OXFAM GB. The festival is carried out to honor past ancestors and the Khasi community people arrange indigenous cultural programs with song, dance and sports to commemorate the occasion.

 

The publication was unveiling by Chief GuestIn the recent past this festival has been slowly fading out and realizing the need to revamp this ancient traditional festival, this year ECDO gathered journalists and well renowned leaders to attend the festival. The festival managed to attract a record of over 3000 people, the highest ever, including newly elected Upozila chairman (2nd layer of local government institution), several prominent local leaders and local journalists who published the day’s celebration. A publication named HOKTOY was also published on the occasion of this festival

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