Ranar Wakoki ta Kasa

Ranar Wakoki ta Ƙasa kamfen ne na Biritaniya don haɓaka waƙa, gami da wasan kwaikwayo na jama'a. William Sieghart ne ya kafa ranar waƙoƙin ta ƙasa a cikin shekara ta 1994. Ana bikin ranar a kowace shekara a Burtaniya a ranar Alhamis ta farko a watan Oktoba. Tun lokacin da aka kafa ta, ta ja ra'ayin miliyoyin mutane a duk faɗin ƙasar tare da abubuwan da suke faruwa kai tsaye, ayyukan aji da watsa shirye-shirye. Kungiyar agaji ta Forward Arts Foundation ce ke gudanar da ranar wakoki ta ƙasa, wacce manufarta ita ce murnar cimma wakokin da sukayi fice, da kuma ƙara jawo hankalin masu sauraro. Sauran ayyukanta sun haɗa da bayar da Kyautar Forward Prizes for Poetry. Ranar tana gudana tare da haɗin gwiwar abokan hulɗa ciki har da Cibiyoyin Harkokin Ingila, Literature Wales, Poet in the City, Southbank Centre, The Poetry Book Society The Poetry Society, The Scottish Poetry Library.

Yarima Charles ya bayyana a shekarar 2016 a ranar ta National Poetry Day, yana karanta Seamus Heaney The Shopping Forecast. A 2015 na Ranar Waƙoƙin Ƙasa an haɗa su akan Blackpool Illuminations. A cikin 2020 BT ya ba da izini Mawaki Laureate Simon Armitage ya rubuta "Wani abu da aka danna", a yayin bala'in annobar COVID-19. 

Ranar waƙoƙin kasa ana gudanar da ita duk ranar Alhamis ta farko ga watan Oktoba. Za a gudanar da bukukuwa, karatu da wasan kwaikwayo a duk faɗin Burtaniya don bikin. 

 Tarihi 
William Sieghart ne ya kafa ranar waƙoƙin ta ƙasa a shekarar 1994 wanda ya ce, "Akwai miliyoyin mawaƙa masu hazaƙa a can kuma lokaci ya yi da za su sami karɓuwa kan aikinsu. Bai kamata su ji kunyar karanta aikinsu da babbar murya ba. Ina son mutane don karanta waƙoƙi a cikin motar bas a kan hanyarsu ta zuwa aiki, a titi, a makaranta da mashaya." Ana bikin ranar wakoki ta ƙasa a faɗin Burtaniya. A cikin 1994 gidan Radio Times ya rubuta "An ƙirƙiro ranar wakoki ta ƙasa don tabbatar da cewa waka tana da matsayi a rayuwar kowa. Tun daga yara masu rerawa zuwa tallan jingles da waƙoƙin salon pop, ana amfani da su don nishadantarwa da sadarwa a faɗin ƙasar."

Jaridar Belfast Newsletter ta ruwaito, "Ranar waƙoƙin ta Ƙasa ta share Ulster jiya, tana mai da 'yan kasa na yau da kullun zuwa ( bards or budding) na lokaci-lokaci." Jaridar The Daily Telegraph ta ruwaito cewa a London a tashar Waterloo, "An ba da allunan sanarwar zuwa wakoki game da jiragen kasa ta TS Eliot da Auden." The Times wanda ya ruwaito Chris Meade, sa'an nan kuma darektan kungiyar shayari yana cewa, "Masu karatu suna sake samun wuri don waƙa a rayuwarsu. Kuna iya karanta ɗaya tsakanin tashoshi a kan layi na Arewa. Ya dace da kwarewar zamani." The East Anglian Daily Times ta ruwaito, "Ranar waƙar ta ƙasa ita ce ma'anar stanza bonanza, tare da tashoshin jirgin ƙasa, azuzuwa, gidajen wasan kwaikwayo da manyan kantunan".

 Jigogi 
Tun daga 1999, Ranar Waƙoƙin Ƙasa ta kasance "jigo" a hankali. Jerin jigogi na baya yana ƙasa:

 2022: The Environment
 2021: Choice
 2020: Vision
 2019: Truth
 2018: Change
 2017: Freedom
 2016: Messages
 2015: Light
 2014: Remember
 2013: Water, water everywhere
 2012: Stars
 2011: Games
 2010: Home
 2009: Heroes and Heroines
 2008: Work
 2007: Dreams
 2006: Identity
 2005: The Future
 2004: Food
 2003: Britain
 2002: Celebration
 2001: Journeys
 2000: Fresh Voices
 1999: Song Lyrics

Duba kuma
 National Poetry Month - a similar event in the United States
 Ranar Waƙoƙi ta Duniya

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