Hymns of the nations of the world. End of Part 4/4

Indian Union This is something like the European Union, says Krzysztof Mroziewicz, ethnologist and diplomat. More than 30 countries and countries have a common foreign, internal, defence and financial policy. The remainder of the policy is implemented at local level. The Republic of India was not created due to the request to preserve its heritage," wrote Jan Kieniewicz in "Historia India". The foundation of the fresh identity was to be a state bond, and it became a binder, at least formal, for highly different national beings, though they were divided by everything: history, language, alphabet, religion, culture, customs. And no of these apparent codes became the foundation of the state. "The common component has become a form of spatial organization," Kieniewicz writes. “The nationality was to be the basis for forming a nation. But how do we reconcile the principles of the Constitution with the reality of India? Multiethnic, multi-religious, multicultural. That's an example. Millions of Indians remained outside Hinduism, which is inactive an recognition space. Millions remained outside the sphere of influence of any state tradition, not ceasing to belong to India." To accomplish the goal, a change in the administrative division of the country was made in 1956. It was decided to bring together the population of the subcontinent speaking the same language. past was deliberately abandoned as an identity building block. most likely that's why India remained incomprehensible to a foreigner, and he's most likely right. Octavio Paz advises: India is the kind of reality that is easier to describe part by part than to specify more generally. On the subcontinent, 415 languages are spoken (and so much dialect). Apart from Hindi (saying 3 100 million Indians) and the English states of India talk their own authoritative languages. And in them the hymns of the states were written, for example, in Assam in Assam, in West Bengal in Bengali, in Dogri in Kashmir, concanni in Goa, and in Telugu in Andhra Pradesh.

An example of national hymns of the popular song/song character are United States of America. I present in the book hymns of constitutional states, or thirteen, which signed the Declaration of independency in 1787. But not just due to it. The US remains an attractive tourist destination, so we present hymns of another most popular states. And their genesis, which makes it easier to realize the fresh American past.

According to American Wikipedia, as many as 48 of the 50 states have an authoritative state song (and sometimes two!). Most often, songs accepted by government constitute the authoritative symbol along with the emblem, motto and flag. Arkansas, for example, officially has 2 state songs, as well as a state anthem and a state's historical song. Tennessee has the most authoritative state songs – for 14 (including authoritative rap on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the state). fresh Mexico has 2 state songs: “Así Es Nuevo México” is an authoritative Spanish state song, and “New Mexico – Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico” is simply a bilingual state song. “The Song of Iowa” uses the tune from the German song “About Tannenbaum”, already utilized in the old anthem of the state “Maryland, My Maryland”. Interestingly, Maryland is present the only U.S. state that has not had its authoritative anthem since 2021.

Russian Federation

It is seemingly a monolith, but it consists of a number of autonomous republics, dating back to 1917, the October Revolution and then strategical political decision by Lenin. The scale of the territory is based on the administrative division of the Federation, which consists of 85 entities, including 21 autonomous republics having all the attributes of the state (including symbolism), in addition to sovereignty. As a curiosity, let us add that the largest autonomous republic is Yakucja, with an area of 3 million square kilometers, and the smallest 1 – Adigeja. This enclave within the Krasnodar Country covers an area of little than 8,000 square kilometres.

Lenin, seeking support in the Romanov empire's nations, tempted the non-Slavic nations, surviving for centuries in a vast territory, political autonomy and respect for their cultural heritage. To have them on his side, he chose their sense of dignity, or identity. In 1920, the process of codification of writing began. The Northern Division coordinating these works was established at the Leningrad Oriental Institute. There a janalif, a uniform alphabet, was created, allowing to evidence and transcribe from Turkish languages in the Latin alphabet. Since 1928, the janalif has been introduced wherever the Arabic alphabet (for example, in the Caucasus or Central Asia) has been used, but in the 1940s the Latin alphabet was replaced with Cyrillic. So all the national anthems of the peoples of the East and North were recorded in the janalifa. Although in decades the autonomous republics have found that their autonomy is illusory, the non-Slavic nations have nurtured the symbolism distinct from Moscow and present usage it, displaying their own flags, emblems and hymns.

All of this in the book “Hymns of the Nations of the World”, which will be published at the turn of the year. Orders at: www.margrafsen.com.pl