When the dancing, drumming and singing came to an end Sunday, the hundreds who gathered to celebrate Mi'kmaw culture hugged and went their separate ways. But they didn't say goodbye. At least not in their own language, said Tania Knockwood.
There's not even a word for goodbye. "We only have, 'We'll see you again.' Because in any way or form, the last time we see you, we will see you again.
No matter what form that is." That spirit of enduring togetherness and community was in full display this weekend as Abegweit First Nation hosted the first mawi'omi, or powwow , of the season. How Lennox Island is revitalizing the Mi'kmaw language, one generation at a time Mi'kmaw-language signs celebrate Indigenous history of 2 P.
E.I. locations Chief Roddy (Junior) Gould said they tried to do as much of the celebration as possible in the Mi'kmaw language.
Tania Knockwood says being part of the Mi'kmaw language revitalization is fulfilling. (Sheehan Desjardins/CBC) "We want to make sure that we reassert our language, our traditions and our values. So all of the entry songs and honour songs that are sung today are to the best of our ability sung in our language.
" Knockwood was helping to translate. She said there are not many young people fluent in the Mi'kmaw language, and it was an honour to hear them say words like kwe' , which means hello, wela'lioq , which means thank you, and nmu'ltes , which means see you again. "It's the most joyous.
My heart is bigger, it's full, it's more full," sh.