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Sent: Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 11:35:42 PM
Subject: OLYMPICS: Nepal and Bangladesh's anthems make the top 10
From SAJAforum, the newsy SAJA blog - new South Asian stuff daily:
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An unusual Olympics post by Bibek Bhandari (bibek.bhandari@gmail), TCU
Journalism Student...
"You and me/From one world/ We are family," goes the Beijing Olympics'
theme song. It marks unity among the member countries, encouraging
harmony. However, every country proudly boast its individuality and
nationality through its national anthem. And among the most unique of all
might be those from Bangladesh and Nepal. The Guardian's Alex Marshall
tracked the 205 national anthems and concluded with the ten best.
>>>
...there are only a dozen anthems that are musically worth listening to -
and that most of the countries these belong to do not have a hope of
winning a gold in Beijing.
<<<
Marshall writes there are anthems which are truly unique because they
"make the effort to be different."
>>>
...there are a handful of anthems that do stand out - either because they
use non-western instruments, scales and tunes, or because they take a
western anthem and then toy with it, making it solemn or funny, and
entirely their own. Most of the "Stans" of central Asia have anthems that
sound like they could not have come from anywhere apart from former Soviet
states. They trudge along in minor keys, filled with imposing strings and
booming drums, as if written to accompany armies clambering into battle.
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Then there are Nepal's, Senegal's and Nigeria's, all of which make use of
local instruments.
>>>
Bangladesh: My Golden Bengal
A wonderful anthem that sounds like it was written for a stroll along the
Seine. It really needs Jacques Brel. Which is probably not what the
Bangladeshi composer had in mind.
Nepal: Hundreds of Flowers
Adopted last year, when Nepal's House of Representatives threw out the
old, western-style anthem. This folk melody on strings and hand drums
sounds like slowed-down bhangra. Shame it's probably unplayable by brass,
so unlikely to be heard outside Nepal.
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Read the rest of the post, see the list of the top 10 anthems and listen
to the Bangladesh and Nepal anthems - AND POST YOUR COMMENTS - at
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/08/olympics-two-so.html
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From: Sree Sreenivasan <ss221@columbia.edu>
To: SAJA E-mail Discussion List <saja-disc@lists.jrn.columbia.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 11:35:42 PM
Subject: OLYMPICS: Nepal and Bangladesh's anthems make the top 10
From SAJAforum, the newsy SAJA blog - new South Asian stuff daily:
http://www.sajaforum.org
An unusual Olympics post by Bibek Bhandari (bibek.bhandari@gmail), TCU
Journalism Student...
"You and me/From one world/ We are family," goes the Beijing Olympics'
theme song. It marks unity among the member countries, encouraging
harmony. However, every country proudly boast its individuality and
nationality through its national anthem. And among the most unique of all
might be those from Bangladesh and Nepal. The Guardian's Alex Marshall
tracked the 205 national anthems and concluded with the ten best.
>>>
...there are only a dozen anthems that are musically worth listening to -
and that most of the countries these belong to do not have a hope of
winning a gold in Beijing.
<<<
Marshall writes there are anthems which are truly unique because they
"make the effort to be different."
>>>
...there are a handful of anthems that do stand out - either because they
use non-western instruments, scales and tunes, or because they take a
western anthem and then toy with it, making it solemn or funny, and
entirely their own. Most of the "Stans" of central Asia have anthems that
sound like they could not have come from anywhere apart from former Soviet
states. They trudge along in minor keys, filled with imposing strings and
booming drums, as if written to accompany armies clambering into battle.
<<<
Then there are Nepal's, Senegal's and Nigeria's, all of which make use of
local instruments.
>>>
Bangladesh: My Golden Bengal
A wonderful anthem that sounds like it was written for a stroll along the
Seine. It really needs Jacques Brel. Which is probably not what the
Bangladeshi composer had in mind.
Nepal: Hundreds of Flowers
Adopted last year, when Nepal's House of Representatives threw out the
old, western-style anthem. This folk melody on strings and hand drums
sounds like slowed-down bhangra. Shame it's probably unplayable by brass,
so unlikely to be heard outside Nepal.
<<<
Read the rest of the post, see the list of the top 10 anthems and listen
to the Bangladesh and Nepal anthems - AND POST YOUR COMMENTS - at
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/08/olympics-two-so.html
===> See more than 1,500 posts on dozens of topics at
http://www.sajaforum.org
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