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Mangalore University proposes to introduce courses in Beary art forms

February 9, 2021Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Community Involvement / Social Issues, Education, Karnataka (under research project)Abdul Razak Ananthady, Aboobakkar Siddique, Ahmed Bava Moideen, Bashir Baikampady, Beary - Ethnic Muslim Community of Coastal Karnataka, Beary Scirpt and Beary Numericals, Duff Teacher - Noor Mohammad, Haidar Ali, Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, Rahim Ucchil - Chairman - Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, Rahim Ucchil - President - Beary Sahitya Academy, S B Darimi, S B Darimi - Beary Language Expert, Zulfikar Ahmadmpositiveone@gmail.com

Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :

Mangalore University. Credit: DH File Photo

The university has issued a notification on January 28 constituting a committee for drafting the curriculum and regulations.

The university has issued a notification on January 28 constituting a committee for drafting the curriculum and regulations to introduce the courses in Beary art forms. The committee is headed by Prof Uday Barkur, Dean of Faculty of Arts at Mangalore University.

Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy Chairman Rahim Ucchil said that the Academy had written to the university to introduce courses in Beary art forms like ‘Duff’, ‘Burda’, ‘Mehandi’, ‘Oppana’, and ‘Kolkali’ on September 16, 2020. The university has accepted the request and constituted a committee the draft the regulations. The introduction of the courses will help in saving the art forms and promoting it, he added.

Beary is an ethnic Muslim community, mainly concentrated in coastal Karnataka, and has its own language and culture.

The committee constituted by the university comprises organisers of Beary programmes Bashir Baikampady and Ahmed Bava Moideen, teachers Abdul Razak Ananthady, Haidarali, language expert S B Darimi, writers K M Siddique Montugoli and Mariyam Ismail, ‘Duff’ teacher Noor Mohammad, ‘Oppane’ and ‘Kolkali’ artist Rahis, artiste Zulfikar Ahmad, member coordinator Aboobakkar Siddique, Academy President Rahim Uchil said.

The courses in art forms will help in warding off the feeling of inferiority among a few people on the art forms. If it is introduced as a course, it will help in passing on the art forms to the future generation. It may be recalled that the Academy had recently introduced Beary script and numerals. Beary script has 13 vowels, 33 consonants and nine numerals. The Academy had released a calendar with all 12 months in Beary language.

The academy intends to submit a proposal on introducing Beary language as the third optional language in schools from sixth standard onwards. The Chairman said that Beary language has a history of 1,400 years and is spoken by over 20 lakh people.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Karnataka Districts / by Naina J.A , DHNS / February 06th, 2021

Beary language gets own script

September 12, 2020Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Community Involvement / Social Issues, Education, Karnataka (under research project)A A Kukkila, Abdul Rahiman Kuthethoor, Abdul Rasheed Zaini Kamil Sakhafi, Abdul Razak Ananthady, Abdul Samad Bava, Beary, Beary Calendar - Naalkanakk, Beary Language, Beary Sahitya Academy, Beary Script, Haider Ali, Muhammed Fouzeed, Naalkanakk, Rahim Ucchil, Rahim Ucchil - President - Beary Sahitya Academympositiveone@gmail.com

Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :

The Beary script developed by Beary writers.

A script has been developed for the Beary language spoken mainly by a section of Muslims and others in the coastal region.

The initiative was taken by the Beary Sahithya Academy and the script was developed by nine-member Beary writers.

Academy President Rahim Ucchil launched the script and said that the script has been developed in such a way that it will sync with the Unicode.

The script is unique. There are plans to launch an app to download the script in mobile phones shortly.

The expert team who developed the script are Abdul Rasheed Zaini Kamil Sakhafi, Aboobakker Siddiq, Haider Ali, Abdul Razak Ananthady, A K Kukkila, Muhammed Fouzeed, Abdul Samad Bava, Abdul Rahiman Kuthethoor and Hamza Malar.

Speaking about the script, Ucchil said it has 13 vowels, 33 consonants, numbers, months and days. Efforts will be made to popularise the script using the online platforms.

Further, he said that the academy has submitted a proposal to introduce Beary as a third language in schools for students from class 6. Once it is approved, Beary language will also be taught in schools as a third language.

He said that Beary language is being spoken by nearly 20 lakh people across the world. It serves as a vital link for Tulu, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Kodava and other languages.

The academy plans to publish Beary Calendar titled ‘Naalkanakk’ for the year 2021, he added.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Mangaluru / September 12th, 2020