Esperanto culture
As Esperanto culture, is called the culture of Esperanto - language community. The speakers of this language plan have created a culture in the over one hundred years of existence. Unlike plan languages such as Ido, Occidental and Interlingua Esperanto was created from the beginning as a literary language.
In contrast to natural languages, the written culture occupies a significantly higher value. The Esperanto literature has its own authors who have written or write in Esperanto. Notable theater and film productions are practically not recorded. For translations into Esperanto not dominate the major languages . Translations played an important role in the initial phase of Esperanto. They served to test the possibilities of language and expand.
Despite his relatively young age, Esperanto has its own phraseology. There are Esperanto - specific terms, proverbs, idioms and puns.
On December 15, the birthday of Ludwik Zamenhof Lejzer, celebrate Esperanto speakers around the world to Zamenhof Day. An alternative name is " Esperantobuchtag ".
The poem La Espero is considered anthem of Esperanto. In it is the talk of world peace, harmony and lasting blessings of a neutral language. Whether these goals can be achieved with the help of Esperanto, Esperanto each is free to believe. At the first World Congress of Esperanto in Boulogne -sur -Mer in 1905, there was a decision that each defined as Esperanto, who knows the language and used for any purpose whatsoever. Expressly stated that the prosecution or non-prosecution of ideals associated with the spread of the language is the private affair of each individual speaker.
Theater
Smaller pieces already existed at the First World Congress of Esperanto in 1905. As part of the World Esperanto Congress in 1908 in Dresden Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris was listed in Esperanto. In the 1980s and 1990s, the international group Kia Koincido played. Today, there are, for example, a theater group in Toulouse (France).
Movies
Even films were and are rotated in Esperanto. The first feature film in Esperanto is Angoroj. The most famous film is the 1966 turned Inkubo with William Shatner in the lead role.
Cultural Events
A number of festivals have Esperanto culture on the subject. Such events take place in Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and France.
Museums and Libraries
In Vienna, the International Esperanto Museum. The associated Department of Planned Languages is part of the Austrian National Library. The German Esperanto Library is located in Aalen. The library Hector Hodler is located in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
Foundations and prices
The city of Aalen awards along with the FAME Foundation for the promotion of international understanding means the FAME Esperanto Culture Prize. The Mondo Foundation has its own fund for Esperanto culture.
The Universal Esperanto Association organized since 1950 every year the Belartaj Konkursoj (competitions of Fine Arts ). In the categories of poetry and prose only posts will be admitted since 1976, which were written in Esperanto. Since that year there is a category for essays. This may also be only Esperanto originals. 1984 was added the song category.