More than 150 people wrote Adyghe dictation at KBSU

On March 11, on the eve of the Day of the Adyghe (Circassian) Language and Literacy, at the Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov, the fifth traditional international educational event in the Adyghe language «Adyghe dictation», organized by the International Circassian Association, took place.

The event took place in formats that started simultaneously. The dictation was written in the republics of Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia — Alania, in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, in Sochi, as well as in Turkey, Jordan, and Syria in online and offline formats.

More than 200 platforms were organized in the cities and districts of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, where participants wrote the dictation offline. In the city of Nalchik, the KBSU named after H.M. Berbekov, Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University named after V.M. Kokov, State National Library of the KBR named after T.K. Malbahov.

According to preliminary data, more than five thousand people took part in the action. Teachers and students, representatives of the International Circassian Association, the Adyghe (Circassian) International Academy of Sciences, journalists, cultural workers, and the public of the CBD decided to test their knowledge of their native language at KBSU. Speaking with a welcome speech, the head of the public organization «Adyghe Hase» of the CBD, Muhamed Hafitse noted:

Today is an important day for us — we are conducting an international total dictation in the Adyghe language. Together with us, Adyghs (Circassians) will test their knowledge in 43 subjects of the Russian Federation and in countries where Adygh-Circassians live compactly. The language of the people is the most effective means of preserving and developing its cultural and spiritual heritage, and therefore the goal of conducting the Adyghe dictation is to increase literacy and popularize the native language as a means of communication, preservation of traditional culture and ethnic self-awareness of the Adyghe people.

Speaking to the participants of the action, Acting President spoke about how important it is to pay attention to your native language. Murat Gukepshokov, vice-rector for personnel and organizational and legal issues of KBSU. He noted that KBSU has a field of study in Philology (Kabardian-Circassian language and literature; Russian language and literature), where future teachers are trained in Kabardino language and literature.

Madina Ezaova, associate professor of the Department of Kabardino-Circassian Language and Literature, director of the Center of Adyghe Culture of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University, read the text from Muhamed Karmokov’s novel «Kyozhem Uygyezheyrkym» at KBSU. The action took place within the framework of the cultural and educational forum for the preservation and popularization of the Adyghe (Circassian) language «Native language — a living connection of times» with the use of a grant of the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society, provided by the Presidential Grants Fund.

Translated by Gekkieva J.A.