This is official, international and even glocal : Jogany s*** at writing. Ikalamako was very clear and sincere on this matter :"at least your speaking is still very Malagasy". So podcasting is still an option at Purple. 2 months ago, Dadarabe, Lapino and many many bloggers were ranting on how important it was to keep the Teny Gasy a Good Teny Gasy on the web ,at least an understandable one. When the blogosphere is composed by 80% of Malagasy speaking bloggers from every corner of the earth , it is a necessity and a duty to take our responsibilities and protect our mother tongue.
We already have talented writers, journalists, poets (and wannabe poets) and most of us have attended Malagasy schools. We, the online community are logically one of the keepers of what will become of the Teny Gasy. Pierre Maury and Jentilisa, our BOMBS winners , were able to transfer in excellency the evolution of Malagasy on the web. L'Actualité Culturelle Malgache is a treasure mine of ebooks written by Malagasy and foreign authors on Madagascar. Pierre is also a very active actor in the litterature and journalistic field travelling all over the country to find precious pieces and meet talented people (when I met him he had in his hands a 19th century book on Madagascar kept in the securized Albert Camus Center library). Jentilisa has his own way to represent the Teny Gasy. His VETO blog is constantly the reference in the news domain and of course in the language. Having Jentilisa as one of the contributors to Global Voices Online in Malagasy is an honour for our community because he's keeping the translations in very high standards along with Tomavana, Avylavitra and the many who joined the project (again, I still have in mind our first conversation together when I was more of the listener than the speaker. Man his Malagasy is soooo good). Now that we managed to bring more and more bloggers to join the global conversation from the FBC workshops (pssiiit: blaogy.com in Malagasy is still very tough for them, no offense hery !), it's natural for me to take actively part in this great initiative. Some might say it's only because I don't want to look wouaina be before little Patricia and Jombilo maybe it is true but again there is the matter of GIVING, SHARING, CARING.
On June 21st 2008 at 3 pm (Madagascar), join the community on the live chatroom at Foko Blog Club, Dadarabe and Lapino will be having a Kabary to thank all the many who contribute to the "Aza ampijaliana ny tenin-tsika" (Don't ill-treat our language") initiative. All the posts published and the intensive commenting will be filed on a unique post at Dadarabe's. Because we're enjoying each others presence (not only on our personal blogs), many spelling games are planned for this event. I published 3 homeworks where I did my best to follow Lapino's indications and correct my mispelling. My 200 pages notebook is now filled with my friends red inked notes and I can't wait to see all of you and the many who are ashamed of their Teny Gasy to be present and enjoy the celebration ! (don't forget 2008 is also the Year of the Mother-Tongue.
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