CAMPAIGN FOR PRESERVING THE KIRILICA
National.
I preserve what is mine - while I write using Cyrillic alphabet - I exist! This is the motto of the campaign on preserving, using and modernising the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet, initiated by the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA) and "Idea Plus Communications" marketing agency.
Action for popularising the value and uniqueness of the Macedonian alphabet was launched Wednesday with a promotion in Youth Cultural Center. It was held deliberately on the World Book Day and in 2008, because it is proclaimed by UNESCO as International Year of Languages, since approximately 200 languages in the world, including the Macedonian, are threatened by extinction. The campaign, which will run till June 10, was dedicated at its official start by Head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, H.H Stefan.
Although it was invented more than 10 centuries ago on this territory, with zealous determination by Ss. Cyril and Methodius, the creators of Slavic literacy, and with the dedication of their disciple St. Clement of Ohrid, the Cyrillic alphabet is being unjustly neglected and "looses its battle" with the Latin alphabet, when it comes to utilization. Most notably, it is apparent in new global spheres - information technologies, communications and advertising. This was the main incentive for launching the campaign, which will cover several activities aiming at raising the awareness for correct use of the Cyrillic alphabet. The objective is to demonstrate that Cyrillic is beautiful, applicable, noble, gracious, progressive, legible and modern and therefore to be used wherever possible.
www.mojatakirilica.com.mk was specially designed, where a competition on development of correct Macedonian Cyrillic computer fonts is published. Any news and information linked to the campaign will be regularly published and up-dated.
The project also envisages expert panel discussions on "The Future of the Cyrillic Alphabet" and "Cyrillic and Information Technology", television and radio show, columns in the press. Posters, billboards, ads, advertising products, CDs featuring a song by Vlatko Stefansovski with the "Golden Nightingale" children's choir, as well as numerous educational and entertainment activities have been prepared. Within the frameworks of the initiative, big out-door event on Macedonia square is planned on May 26 to celebrate the Cyrillic alphabet.
The campaign has unreserved support by scholars, artists, institutions, business community and by the media
MD: Great campaign, this alphabet and the use of it should be preserved, it was created in Macedonia and by Macedonians after all!
[Mia]
This makes NO sense. There are over 200 million(!!) people writing in Cyrilic. Preservation does not come into it! Try preserving Greek, only 15 million use it.
Posted by
Anonymous |
13:51
It's not about that, it's more about preserving the cyrillic in Macedonia, because the influence of latin and the usage of latin is increasing everyday.
Posted by
Macedonia Daily |
15:55
KYRILLOS AND METHODIOS WERE GREEEKS AND CYRILLIC ALPHABET IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GREEK ONE FOR YOU, THE SLAVS.
JUST FOR THE TRUE OF THE HISTORY...
WERE DO YOU FIND YOUR HISTORICAL SOURSES IS REALLY A MYSTERY...
YOU ARE DESPERATE TO CREATE A WHOLE FALSIFICATED HISTORY, JUST TO PROVE THAT YOU HAVE COMMON THINGS WITH GREEKS, TROUGH THE MACEDONIAN GREEK HERITAGE...
SUCH A CLOSED MINDED CREATION OF SLAVS...
Posted by
Anonymous |
21:21
You ask:WERE DO YOU FIND YOUR HISTORICAL SOURSES IS REALLY A MYSTERY...? Here is your answer: IT'S CALLED GENETICS!
Ancient Macedonian Genes in the the Modern Macedonian Nation not-related to the Greek Nation
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
HLA genes in Macedonians and the sub-Saharan origin of the Greeks
Tissue Antigens 2001 Feb; 57(2):118-127
Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, H. 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. aarnaiz@eucmax.sim.ucm.es
Arnaiz-Villena A, Dimitroski K, Pacho A, Moscoso J, Gomez-Casado E, Silvera-Redondo C, Varela P, Blagoevska M, Zdravkovska V, Martinez-Laso J.
HLA alleles have been determined in individuals from the Republic of Macedonia by DNA typing and sequencing. HLA-A, -B, -DR, -DQ allele frequencies and extended haplotypes have been for the first time determined and the results compared to those of other Mediterraneans, particularly with their neighbouring Greeks. Genetic distances, neighbor-joining dendrograms and correspondence analysis have been performed. The following conclusions have been reached:
1) Macedonians belong to the "older" Mediterranean substratum, like Iberians (including Basques), North Africans, Italians, French, Cretans, Jews, Lebanese, Turks (Anatolians), Armenians and Iranians,
2) Macedonians are not related with geographically close Greeks, who do not belong to the "older" Mediterranenan substratum,
3) Greeks are found to have a substantial relatedness to sub-Saharan (Ethiopian) people, which separate them from other Mediterranean groups. Both Greeks and Ethiopians share quasi-specific DRB1 alleles, such as *0305, *0307, *0411, *0413, *0416, *0417, *0420, *1110, *1112, *1304 and *1310. Genetic distances are closer between Greeks and Ethiopian/sub-Saharan groups than to any other Mediterranean group and finally Greeks cluster with Ethiopians/sub-Saharans in both neighbour joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses. The time period when these relationships might have occurred was ancient but uncertain and might be related to the displacement of Egyptian-Ethiopian people living in pharaonic Egypt.
Posted by
Anonymous |
12:11
Well... on the other hand, I heard about genetic research that proved the opposite of what you say.
My opinion? The last time that a country used genetics to prove something was Germany before WW2. You know what happened next...
Ah.. and by the way... if you feel proud to have genetic relation with Turks then feel free. Personally, as a Greek that his origin is from Creta island, I will never accept that (at least I will need some more proves).
Posted by
Yiannis |
10:23
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