Posted on 12/17/2023 8:56:09 PM PST by yesthatjallen
The NHL made history before Saturday night’s Winnipeg Jets game against the Colorado Avalanche.
The Jets were celebrating South Asian Heritage Night at the Canada Life Centre, which featured a beautiful rendition of O Canada sung in Punjabi, a first for the league.
The singers were students from the local Amber Trails School’s kindergarten to grade 8 choir, which is the first school in Manitoba to offer a bilingual English-Punjabi program.
This marks another incredible and unique way that NHL teams have celebrated Canada’s diverse nation of hockey fans. Though it may seem like a small gesture, it can help people of every culture find recognition and feel like they belong in the sport.
The decision to sing the anthem in Punjabi makes a whole lot of sense outside of the fact that the organization was celebrating South Asian culture.
Hockey is so popular among Punjabi-speaking Canadians that it spawned the creation of Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi which features play-by-play commentators and analysts speaking the language.
According to Stats Canada, Punjabi is the fourth most-spoken language in the country with about 520,390 people who use it as their primary language.
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I guess it was in honour of our transportation industry, here in Canaduh. (Those who live here will understand what I mean.)
According to Stats Canada, Punjabi is the fourth most-spoken language in the country with about 520,390 people who use it as their primary language.
So what? That is 1.3% of the population. There are more than twice as many Jews in the U.S. per capita, but when an Orthodox Jew sung the anthem at a Met game, he did it in English.
I'm looking forward to what they'll sing on European Heritage Night.
Merde, alors.
French? Cree?
In honour of the future state of Punjabi in Canada.
Can’t wait for the Swahili version. Will ask Siri to watch for it.
>> If you love Canada, then SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.<<
Hell. there are places in the US where English is considered a foreign language.
US and Canada are occupied by foreigners holding US and Canadian passports and more are daily coming in.
not a good thing
-fJRoberts-
fourth most spoken? what’s the third? English, French, ?, Punjabi
usual progression is:
first generation: fluent in native language, conversant in national language
second generation: fluent in both
third generation: conversant in native language, fluent in national language
fourth generation: national language is the native language
notice embrace of ice hockey by Indian-Canadian, their big sport in India is field hockey
Sacre bleu!
because in the land of Punjab,
Sikh and you will find.
“SPEAK THE LANGUAGE”.
Speak Spanish—this is AMERICA!
This is blatant cultural and nation destruction.
When will we celebrate a Canada Heritage Night???
notice embrace of ice hockey by Indian-Canadian, their big sport in India is field hockey
I’m looking for the Punjabi Curling team.
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