Santali to English:
ᱩᱭᱞᱮᱢ ᱵᱷᱮᱱ ᱥᱮᱱᱰᱮᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱮᱝᱠ ᱥᱩᱞᱴᱮ ᱱᱚᱨᱰᱦᱚᱞᱴ ᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱑᱙᱕᱐ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱑᱙᱖᱐ ᱫᱚᱥᱚᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱟᱠᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱᱤ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱ ᱡᱟᱸᱜᱮᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱠᱚᱨᱟᱣ ᱚᱠᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫᱨᱮ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱜᱚᱨᱚᱵ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱨᱶᱟ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱝ ᱦᱚᱲᱠᱩᱥᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱫᱷᱚᱢ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ ᱯᱚᱨᱚᱵ ᱫᱚ ᱾
According to Willem van Schendel and Henk Schulte Nordholt, the festival became a popular means of expressing cultural pride and heritage among the Bangladeshi as they resisted Pakistani rule in the 1950s and 1960s.