A.C.I.
CELEBRATES THE “BUWAN NG WIKA”
Sorsogon
City, Philippines- Every August the Department of Education
, Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino(in eng. Commission of the Language Filipino),
Aemilianum and all the schools across the archipelago celebrate the buwan ng
wika or Language Month. It is celebrated on the 8th month of the
year in honour of our national language which is Filipino (basically based in Tagalog).
This year’s motto: “Tatag ng Wikang Pilipino, Lakas ng Pagka-Pilipino” or in English, “The
solidarity of the Filipino language is the strength of being a Filipino”.
Culminating Activities
Sabayang Pagbigkas- In English, chorus recital,
all sections of the school participate the event showing different styles on
how to perform this year’s recital: Wikang Filipino sa Pambansang Kalayaan at
Pagkakaisa (Filipino, the language of Freedom and Unity) by Pat V. Villafuerte.
A photo of one of the games in the Laro ng Lahi event
Laro ng Lahi- Or game of the ancestors
is another event where students play some locally Filipino made games.
Mutya ng Wikang Pambansa- In
other words Maiden of the National Language is a search contest made especially
for the girls (from the word Maiden which means young women of course, so no
man can possibly enter, otherwise....). It is a contest to find a young blossoming girl who has beauty, talent
and finally has a know-how in the Language of Filipino.