Mangaluru: 'Beary Bhasha Prachara Abhiyana' organised by Beary Sahitya Academy was inaugurated in front of the DC's office here on Thursday October 1. The campaign was flagged off by Mangaluru City Corporation mayor Jacintha Vijaya Alfred
President of Chikkamagaluru district Beary Okkuta, K Mohammed, released a CD of Beary songs. Beary Bhasha Prachara Abhiayana leaflet was unveiled by Dr Vasanth Kumar Perla, assistant director, All India Radio, Mangaluru.
A memorandum was submitted to Dr Vasanth Kumar Perla, requesting the All India Radio, Mangaluru to air the Beary songs, news and other cultural events at least for 30 minutes a day.
Praising the state government for promoting Beary language, K Mohammed said that awareness should be done to improve of the language. He also asked everyone to respect all languages.
Mohammed Sharif Nirmunje, Basheer Kinya and Ashraf Apolo sang Beary songs and entertained the crowd.
Yogish Shetty, president of Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike, Abdul Latif, corporator, B M Aslam, N E Mohammed, Basheer Ahmed and others were also present.