{"id":6813,"date":"2024-10-09T13:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:50:35","slug":"bilingual-deputy-first-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2024\/10\/09\/bilingual-deputy-first-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual Deputy First Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ForbesScrn1png\"Switching between Gaelic and English, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes addresses the “Togail ar Guthan” (“Raising our Voices”) open access webinar for the North Uist Historical Society’s “Aire air Sunnd<\/a>“<\/strong> wellbeing project, supported by the Ideas Fund.<\/p>\n

If you can’t find five minutes to watch and hear her full talk in real time, here are some key extracts converted into the written word:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Local knowledge is the lifeblood of our history, our heritage, our environment\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026That is the area where voices especially need to be heard, to protect and promote the things that you have inherited, that have been passed down to you by generations that have gone before you\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026You have a unique history, you have an archaeology, your heritage is in the stones around you \u2013 stones which tell stories of clearance, of emigration, of conflict, which show evidence of settlement, of survival, of faith, and of learning. We need to hear your voices tell those stories before they\u2019re forgotten\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026North Uist has a strong cultural life that looks back, but there\u2019s a strong cultural life that is very much about the present, through song and poetry. We can be sure that wherever Gaelic songs are sung, those of D\u00f2mhnall Ruadh Chor\u00f9na<\/a> will often be included, looking to the past. But yet more recently, we also hear international artists such as Julie Fowlis and Runrig who also have their roots in North Uist, and whose songs are sung by many of the young today, at festivals and local shows. They \u201craise their voices\u201d as a celebration of what has been handed down to them – their heritage, their cultural life, which is anchored and rooted in North Uist\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

We have created CC subtitles for the Gaelic sections of Ms Forbes’s talk. Viewers can access auto-translations into other languages of their choice, including English, via the YouTube settings wheel.<\/p>\n