Amra Kojon

Amra Kojon is a Bengali phrase that translates as "a few of us". On February 9, 2003, 100 music enthusiasts from New England came together under this name in order to showcase 1,000 years of Bangla musical heritage at Kresge Auditorium on the MIT campus. Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit. ... This article is about the Bengali language. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ...

This showcase represented one of the first successful attempts by Bangladeshis and Indians, Hindus and Muslims, at putting aside all individual differences of nationality, ethnicity or religion, and coming together to present their language, culture, and heritage, from a common stage. This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ...

The Boston Globe cited the Amra Kojon concert as their first opportunity to present Bengal in a positive context that did not involve floods, poverty, or suffering. The Boston Globe is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in the Bengali language, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ...

External links

• Amra Kojon Website