Singing your national anthem!
By rappeter13
@rappeter13 (8608)
Romania
December 2, 2010 12:41pm CST
How do you feel when singing it? Does it make you proud? Or you don't even know your anthem?
For me it is very important to sing it, even though I have a terrible voice. It makes me feel very proud and it makes my whole body warm. It is a touchy moment when the whole crowd sings it and you feel it that it comes from the heart.
So how about you? How do you feel when you sing the national anthem?
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12 responses
@fl0rencia (414)
• Philippines
3 Dec 10
I feel very very proud whenever I sing our National Anthem. Especially now that Philippines is being known in the world because of a lot of things(including bad things. hahaha) Anyways, I'm proud! So very proud. Hahaha
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
4 Dec 10
That means your are like the majority of people. Almost everybody is proud when singing the national anthem.
@sweetmary86 (822)
• Philippines
3 Dec 10
it give me chills singing our lupang hinirang national anthem though i havent sing it for a while now. the song is fast and you should catch ur breath in order to sing it properly. and its not very understood to me. the lyric is quite vague.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
I see. But the important is that it gives you chills, which is the sign of proud.
@ganeshprabhuk (1722)
• India
3 Dec 10
The national anthem makes us proud to be a citizen. As soon as we see natinal anthem being paid on TV in one of the movies, it give us so much warmth and belongingness. Lot of thanks to the composer of National anthems to every nation. This feeling as a citizen should come automatically.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
I think that the anthem has to bring with itself the feeling of being part of a nation, no matter of the territory he lives in.
Being a Hungarian in Romania, although living on an ancient Hungarian territory, which is now Romanian territory by documents, because the great powers decided so, doesn't give me any pride of being a Romanian citizen. My national anthem will always be the Hungarian one, the Hungarian flag will always be my flag, and I will always be proud when I will hear or sing the Hungarian anthem and not the Romanian one.
@JudgeIronFist (2470)
• Singapore
3 Dec 10
One thing my principal in my ex high school always emphasized: "sing the National Anthem with pride and glory. You don't have to be a good singer to sing the National Anthem." Well said. I've always felt proud while singing the National Anthem, because it really makes me feel that I'm part of this. When I was small, and we were taken to attend the National Day and was all asked to sing the National Anthem, I felt really proud. As you said, it all comes from the heart.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
Yes it does come from the heart. Your principal was right, the anthem makes you feel extremely proud.
I am proud to have opportunities to sing the national anthem of my country. it shows respect, honor and pride for where and how we live. We should never be afraid or embarrassed to show how we feel for our homeland.@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
Yes, basically you are right. But I am in a special position a bit. The territory where I live, Transylvania, now belongs to Romania. But it was a part of Hungary for cca. 1000 years and I am a Hungarian who is living there. The great powers decided after the WWI to change the boarders of Hungary and gave 76% of it to the neighbor countries. Millions of Hungarians now live outside the official boarders of the actual Hungary. But luckily the great majority of this people remained Hungarian, although authorities tried to change this. They wanted for us to assimilate, to become the same as the others. But we are still Hungarians and we still consider the Hungarian national anthem as ours. So I am proud to sing the Hungarian anthem and not the Romanian one.
@06MLam (620)
•
2 Dec 10
I feel proud when singing the national anthem of my country though I have got a horrible voice. I have a stronger feeling of myself as a part of my country while singing it as it was a song in a film and it truly reflects what the people in my country felt and needed at that period of war time and it still apply to the situation now though we do not have any more war in our country.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
The anthems are the only songs which are sung by everybody in public, no matter how terrible our voices are. Am I right?
@Galena (9110)
•
2 Dec 10
I don't.
for a start, our national anthem is rubbish. it doesn't even slightly reflect how I feel about my home.
God save the Queen. I am neither a Christian or a Monarchist.
and it's such a dirge. it's really depressing sounding.
don't get me wrong, I love the land that sustains me, but it's the good Earth beneath my feet, that produces food, and relatively safe weather, and a comfortable life. but the deity of someone elses religion and some random woman that happened to be born into a particular family are nothing to do with loving my homeland.
patriotism isn't about someone elses religion, the monarchy, our currency, football, a bit of fabric with a pattern on, none of that.
I love the Earth beneath my feet. I honour the Earth for all it gives me. and a national anthem that has nothing to do with me is nothing to do with being patriotic.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
Let me tell you my point of view:
Your country is everything and everybody which lives there. It is the royal family, it is the football teams, it is you, it is the earth beneath you, the waters which are in the country.
Let me tell you something about kingdoms or monarchies. As far as I know, every country which is a monarchy in Europe, has a high level of living.
And now I will tell you something about me: I am a Hungarian who lives in Transylvania, a territory which belonged to Hungary cca. 1000 years. After the WWI, the treaty of Trianon has decided that 76% of Hungary to be given to the neighbor countries. Now, Transylvania belongs to Romania, so I was born in Romania and have Romanian citizenship. But I am Hungarian and I would wish that the Hungarian Kingdom to exist, because that would mean that Transylvania would still belong to Hungary, as it should. Nowadays, the cities which once were almost totally Hungarian, are almost completely Romanian, the official language is Romanian and many of our historical monuments were destroyed and in schools there is taught a whole other history, and the fact that Transylvania was Hungarian territory is kept in secret. If we want to be respected as a national minority, to be able to use our language everywhere, many Romanians tell us to go out from their country. Which is not true, because the majority of Romanians who live in Transylvania come from Moldova and Wallachia, and the majority of Hungarians from Transylvania have long family histories in Transylvania.
All these have been said, I am not a proud citizen of Romania, but a proud citizen of Transylvania. I consider the former territories of Hungary as Hungary, and the anthem which is mine is the Hungarian, which is a prayer to God which asks Him to protect all the Hungarians in the world. I am a Christian so I am very proud whenever we sing this anthem. And we have also an anthem, which is regarded to Transylvania, and I consider that as my anthem as well.
But it is your right not to think like I do, I respect that, but I wish I was living in the Hungarian Kingdom, singing a similar anthem as you do. But this was the Hungarian anthem during the Monarchy as well, so I suppose it would still be the same.
@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
2 Dec 10
I love the National anthem, and I love singing it. I may not have the best voice, or be able to carry a tune very well, but yes the National Anthem makes me shiver on the inside when I sing it. No, I don't know all the words by heart, but I do know most of it...and that's only because it is sung at the beginning of every baseball game. I too, get that "warm" feeling in my whole body and makes me feel proud to be an American.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
It is good to know that the anthem has such an impact on you, it seems that I am not alone.
@veromar (1453)
• Argentina
2 Dec 10
I'm a US citizen now living in Argentina. When I was growing up, we always sang the national anthem for sporting events, school events, public gatherings of most sorts. You could always feel the swell of national "pride". Especially in situations of sporting events like the Olympics. Hearing your national anthem being played upon winning a gold medal.......there was nothing quite like that feeling and usually not a dry eye in the house. For me personally, I'm not as touched by it as an adult as I was growing up. There are many reasons. One of them is the fact that I don't find the lyrics suitable. I didn't really know what I was singing as a kid. I know what I'm singing as an adult. I wouldn't be surprised if some of my fellow citizens voice their strong disagreement with me, but I don't like the fact that the national anthem is all about the flag. I understand that the American flag is one of the nation's sources of pride, although it is abused in ways that are incomprehensible. I'd like to see the anthem changed to "America". To me the lyrics speak more of how I envision the USofA to be. It always touches me because it sings of the beauty of the country and never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Maybe I'm crying for what used to be......who knows.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
I am in a special position. I am Hungarian, and I live in Transylvania, which once belonged to Hungary and now belongs to Romania. Of course, when I was born Transylvania was already belonging to Romania, so I was born, officially, in Romania, so that I have Romanian citizenship. But, luckily, I don't care about documents, I am still Hungarian, I speak Hungarian at home and with other Hungarians, and I consider the Hungarian anthem as my anthem. After all, the Hungarian anthem is a prayer which asks God to protect Hungarians, and I am a Hungarian.
As for Romanian anthem, I know it, but I don't consider it mine.
@PastorP (1170)
• United States
2 Dec 10
Greetings rappeter13.
I'm a U.S. citizen. I mainly feel grateful, very grateful. I enjoy freedoms that many, sad to say, never know about.
I also sense an urge to pray, for God brings nations into existence and He can take them out of existence.
I hope and pray the U.S.A. remains for the return of Christ. That is when all the kingdoms of the world will become His.
Btw, for years I wondered when my grandpa Paul came to the US from Russia. Recently my son discovered it was at the end of 1912. That's somewhat important to me.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
I have to say that I have Romanian citizenship, but I am not Romanian. I live in Transylvania, the territory which belonged for centuries to Hungary and now it belongs to Romania. I am Hungarian and I identify myself with Hungarian culture and the Hungarian anthem is also a part of Hungarian culture. So I consider the Hungarian anthem as my anthem, and the Hungarian national anthem is a prayer which starts like this:"God, bless the Hungarian with joy and wealth..."
And we, Transylvanian Hungarians also have a Transylvanian anthem which is a prayer to God which asks Him to take care of Transylvania and don't let it disappear.
Transylvania is still there as a territory, but many of our historical monuments were destroyed, and many of us don't really know the Hungarian language anymore. So our hopes are weaker from day to day, from year to year that Transylvania will be took care of.
@TeamCholent (2832)
• United States
2 Dec 10
I am a proud and loyal citizen of my country. Singing the anthem at a sports event is touching since you can feel the passion and pride for the country being shown by all. Don't worry about the voice as its not a concert, what counts is the passion.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
Unfortunately, I cannot do what you do. Because I am Hungarian and I live in Transylvania, which belonged once to Hungary and now is a part of Romania. So my national anthem is not the anthem is my country's anthem. I cannot sing the anthem at sporting events, because the Romanian anthem is not mine. But we sing the Hungarian anthem in churches and other cultural festivities, so there is the moment when I get very emotional. The anthem is a song which keeps us, Hungarian from all over the world connected. Because there are many Hungarians who live in other territories which were taken away from Hungary and given to neighbor countries.
