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6:00 Gates open 6:25 Start of Segment 1: Commemoration of Bangladeshs Language Movement 6:30 Program commences with brief history of IMLD 6:35 Welcome speech by BSA Faculty Advisor 6:40 Inauguration by the honorable Chief Guest 6:45 [Chorus] Ora amar mukher bhasha (They want to shackle my language) 6:50 [Chorus] Ma go bhabna keno (Do not worry, mother) 6:55 [Poem] Ami kadte ashi ni (I am not here to cry) 7:00 [Chorus] Purbo digonte (A bright sun has risen in the East) 7:05 [Chorus] Amar bhaiyer rokte rangano (How can I forget the 21st of February) 7:10 End of first segment, dinner served Traditional Bangladeshi Dinner served from two tables Please visit our comment wall, comment book, and commemorative monument 8:00 Start of Segment 2: Celebration of World Languages and Heritage 8:02 Official video message from UNESCO 8:10 India : Roshni Rao, Saravanan Rajabojan Song 8:15 Nigeria : Miracle Poem 8:20 Bangladesh : Tasnuva Tasrith Dance 8:25 St. Lucia : Favel Mondesir Poem 8:30 Bangladesh : Fatema Zohra Song 8:35 USA : Virginia Noxon Creative Reading 8:40 Bangladesh : Chamok Hasan Song 8:45 China : Qin Deng, Zhenhua Lee, Dan L Song 8:50 USA : Porshia Poem 8:55 Turkey : Lutfi Erden Song 9:00 Bolivia & Peru : Zambrana Arocha (B), Blanca Diaz (P), Kelvin Zavalla (P) Song 9:05 Bangladesh : Tabassum Rahman Song 9:10 Germany : Frauke Becker Song 9:15 Bangladesh : Farid Rahman Poem 9:20 Bangladesh : Chamok Hasan Song 9:25 Concluding remarks from Cultural Secretary, Bangladesh Student Association