Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: December 20, 2023, 01:17:28 am »Brilliant!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/wokeism-has-no-end-extremely-disrespectful-to-all-canadians-o-canada-in-punjabi-at-jets-vs-avalanche-leaves-nhl-fans-in-splits/ar-AA1lEy2o
Why? If anything, it should be considered more disrespectful to Canadians for the anthem to be sung in the languages of the Western colonizers (English/French) than in a language of fellow victims of Western colonialism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/wokeism-has-no-end-extremely-disrespectful-to-all-canadians-o-canada-in-punjabi-at-jets-vs-avalanche-leaves-nhl-fans-in-splits/ar-AA1lEy2o
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Ahead of the Winnipeg Jets' clash against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, the NHL made history by featuring a beautiful rendition of O' Canada in Punjabi.
The Canadian national anthem was sung in Punjabi for the first time in league history, leaving NHL fans in splits. The featuring of O' Canada in Punjabi was part of the Jets' celebration of South Asian Heritage Night at their home in Canada Life Centre.
The beautiful rendition of the Canadian national anthem in Punjabi was performed by students from Amber Trails School kindergarten to grade 8 choir. Notably, this is also the first school in Manitoba to offer a bilingual English-Punjabi program.
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Fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to give their reactions to O' Canada in Punjabi.
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"This is extremely disrespectful to all Canadians."
Why? If anything, it should be considered more disrespectful to Canadians for the anthem to be sung in the languages of the Western colonizers (English/French) than in a language of fellow victims of Western colonialism.
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In 2020, the Winnipeg Jets honored the Indigenous peoples' heritage by offering the Canadian national anthem in the Ojibway language, which was sung by a choir of kids.
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the Punjabi language is quite popular in Canada. As per Stats Canada, the language is the fourth-most spoken in the country with more than 500,000 people using it as their primary language.