I'm not a regular reader of BBC News, so it was just sheer happenstance that I stumbled across an article today about something cool happening in Pakistan. "What's this genius idea you speak of," you ask?
The U.S. is spending $20 million dollars to "remake" a local Pakistani version of Sesame Street in Urdu! Here's the article on BBC News. According to the article, the show will be filmed in Lahore and will air on Pakistan national TV and regional language TV channels. The setting of the show will be a village and will focus on a girl puppet named Rani.
During one of our recent trips to Pakistan a year or so ago, our nephew was mesmerized by "baby TV," a channel that plays baby- and kid-friendly shows. (In case you're wondering, no I have no idea if that's really the name of the channel, and yes, pretty much everyone in our family calls it that.) Funny enough, that channel even plays kid-oriented shows late at night (like midnight late!). Pretty muchthe entire country of Pakistan everybody in our family is a night owl (including our nearly 3 year old nephew), so I guess that's why the cable company continues to schedule kid shows late into the night. So maybe the Sesame Street in Urdu will be showing on that channel(?).
According to the BBC article, the intent of the Urdu Sesame Street show is to boost education....what a great idea!
Time to start practicing how to say:
in Urdu:
The U.S. is spending $20 million dollars to "remake" a local Pakistani version of Sesame Street in Urdu! Here's the article on BBC News. According to the article, the show will be filmed in Lahore and will air on Pakistan national TV and regional language TV channels. The setting of the show will be a village and will focus on a girl puppet named Rani.
During one of our recent trips to Pakistan a year or so ago, our nephew was mesmerized by "baby TV," a channel that plays baby- and kid-friendly shows. (In case you're wondering, no I have no idea if that's really the name of the channel, and yes, pretty much everyone in our family calls it that.) Funny enough, that channel even plays kid-oriented shows late at night (like midnight late!). Pretty much
According to the BBC article, the intent of the Urdu Sesame Street show is to boost education....what a great idea!
Time to start practicing how to say:
Can you tell me how to get,
how to get to Sesame Street
in Urdu:
Kiya aap bata suktay hain kay hum kaisey
Sesame Street jaaein?
I wish the Hindi version, Galli Galli Sim Sim was more widely available here. In addition to being adorable, it has been very helpful with vocab for me.
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YES! I read about this awhile ago and tweeted it out - it made me so excited! And I just love the idea that the US is that interested in helping education in Pakistan. so fab.
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