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Soaring In Brief “ Y-C o m m ’ 2019 - T h e B i g g e s t A n n u a l C o m m u n i cat i o n F e s t i v a l ” N S H M S c h o o l o f m e d i a a n d c o mm u n i c a t i o n e s t a b l i sh i n g s t a r s o n e a r t h Kermis - the Circle of life..!! in the nations mentioned. known for its sheer brutali- Prof. Debanjan Banerjee The church ale is an English ty, where the whole Jewish hree words but spelt and equivalent that is custom- population of the city were pronounced in different arily served to the people. burnt alive or expelled after ways, Kermesse, or Ker- being accused of defiling a T Some believe that the prima- basket of communion hosts, mis, or Kirmess. These are Dutch terms, derived from ry Kermesse was an annual which people saw bleed- ‘Kerk’ ing when (church) they and ‘Mis’ were (mass) stabbed. that was later ad- Accord- opted ing to in En- another BIGGEST - EVENT - OLOGY source, glish and Y-COMM’ 2019 French as the Jew- well. Leg- ish res- SEPTEMBER - 19 & 20 AT idents end has NSHM KNOWLEDGE CAMPUS | KOLKATA it that this who is the day could celebrat- estab- The Stars on Ground: ed as the lish them anniver- pure, The most awaited and most pop- sary of with no ular youth communication fest the foun- hand in YCOMM 2019 will be inaugurat- dation of the pro- ed by the children from the Child faning Rights and You (CRY) along with a church Trina Chakraborti, the Regional (or par- of the Director of East India and Ce- ish) and basket cil Antony, Chief Mentor, NSHM in hon- of com- Knowledge Campus, Kolkata. our of the munion patron. hosts, Website:www.nshm.com were not Facebook Page: https://www.facebook. Therefore, killed com/smd.ycomm/ in the memory of but merely ban- this day was distinguished Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ with all-around celebrations the infamous mas- ished from Brussels. ycomm/ held in the , in sacre of 1370 (which some Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ and also in the say, took place in 1369) in In the present time, one can ycomm North of . Every year, ’s capital, Brussels. witness all of these festiv- Contact Person: Debanjan Banerjee ities which still take place feasting, dancing and sports + 91 9830481096 of all kinds, mark this day It is a really notorious event, once a year on this partic-

Editor: Anik Banerjee | Design by Ayush Maskara Page - 01 - 02 ular day, in the form of funfairs, while The standard counte- In the United States, you would find the allegorical representations of nances Vlaamse kermis (Flemish ker- one applying the term Kermess to the past have vanished altogether. messe) had once referred to the native denote any form of entertainment, village kermesse (as pronounced in the most appropriately, one that is orga- Nearly every village has a kermis former County of Flanders) though its nized in the awareness of the charity. once or twice a year, the large Zuid- modern custom is mainly limited to pri- foor or Foire du Midi (South ) vately organized open to the pub- The Dutch-American Village of Lit- of Brussels and Sinksenfoor (Whit- lic. This day is also marked by fund-rais- tle Chute, Wisconsin celebrates Ker- sun Fair) of attracts visitors ing activities, by schools and the youth mis annually since 1981. The Wallo- nian settlements in Door County, Wisconsin, also celebrate a “Kermis” with traditional Belgian dish- es and events. Besides American polity that cele- brates this holiday is La Ker- messe of Biddeford, Maine.

In the City of Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada), with its little Dutch heritage, Ker- messes have been held since 1907 as fundraisers for the hospital dedicated to the local children. Peo- ple all around the world engage themselves en- thusiastically on a specif- ic day observing Kermis.

Now, there happens to be no such in the Indian subcontinent go- ing by the name “Ker- mis” or “Kermesse” but on the contrary, this land is made for hundreds and thousands of Kermesses.

So, several religions, castes, creeds and communities, sharing varying ethnicities, delve into multifaceted, multi-dimensional carni- vals throughout the year.

Indeed, these do play the role of a giant thread binding us happily together, signifying the gi- gantic integration, boister- ous brotherhood and similar livelihood and thus, play- ing a significant role in the unification of the country.

So, Long live “Kermis”!!! around the globe for weeks on end. organizations in the .

The funfair on the Vrijdagmarket in The horde of the Dutch ship Gelder-

Ghentcoincides with the 10-day long land used the names “griff-eendt” and “SOMETIMES you will never know the Gentse Feesten ( Festivities) “kermisgans” for the dodo in 1598. true value of A MOMENT until it be- is seen widely celebrated all across This was about the fowl fattened for comes A MEMORY” the entire inner city around the 21st the Kermesse festival. It was held the of July (Belgian national holiday). day after they harboured in . ― Prof. Debanjan Banerjee

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