Free Language Festival in Erina (NSW Central Coast)

The Language Festival Association is hosting a free language festival on Saturday, 3 December, at Erina Fair. The purpose of this language festival is to promote awareness of language diversity, by providing “tasters” of multiple languages and cultures in a fun environment. A highlight will be a fascinating presentation by Australian linguist, Dr Gregory Cooper. In the early 1980s Dr Cooper travelled to remote north-western Pakistan to study an as-yet unwritten language. Just by interacting directly with the native speakers, […]

2016 Tri-nation congress report

Tri-nation Esperanto congress and summerschool, Bandung, Indonesia : 23 – 28 Mar 2016 “Selamat Datang untuk congress Darby trunk negara pertama. Welcome to the tri-nation Esperanto congress.” With these words, the three national associations welcomed 101 participants, among them 40 foreigners. When we (Australians, Indonesians and New Zealanders) decided to organise this tri-nation congress in January 2015 we hesitated and – of course – feared a flop. But ultimately we were able to harvest and enjoy the fruits of our […]