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1980; 44 years ago. ( 1980) Audio sample. U.S. Navy Band instrumental version (chorus and one verse) file. help. " Yumi, Yumi, Yumi " ( Bislama pronunciation: [ˈjumi ˈjumi ˈjumi]; "We, We, We") is the national anthem of Vanuatu. It was written and composed by François Vincent Ayssav (born 1955 [1]) and adopted by the citizens of Vanuatu in ...
The Vanuatu motto, "long God yumi stanap," translating to "before God we stand," appears alongside a warrior wearing traditional Vanuatu clothing, as well as a boar’s tusk and crossed palm leaves. The Vanuatu national anthem, Yumi Yumi Yumi, both acknowledges God as well as the importance of kastom.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
The Vanuatu National Statistics Office (VNSO) released their 2007 agricultural census in 2008. According to the study, agricultural exports make up about three-quarters (73%) of all exports; 80% of the population lives in rural areas where "agriculture is the main source of their livelihood"; and of these households, almost all (99%) engaged in ...
Coat of arms of Vanuatu. A Melanesian warrior, armed with a spear, standing before a mountain; behind him a boar's tusk and two leaves of the namele (coconut palm) in saltire, all proper and the golden scroll on the bottom with the National Motto. The coat of arms of Vanuatu features a Melanesian warrior holding the spear standing before the ...
The anthem was based on a traditional tune sung by Pokomo mothers to their children. [ 1] "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yet" is notable for being one of the first national anthems to be specifically commissioned. It was written by the Kenyan Anthem Commission in 1963 to serve as the state anthem after independence from the United Kingdom.
The National Anthem of India is titled "Jana Gana Mana". The song was originally composed in Bengali by India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on 11 December 1911. [ 11 ][ 12 ][ 13 ] The parent song, ' Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata ' is a Brahmo hymn that has five verses and only the first verse has been adopted as the national anthem.
Sayaun Thunga Phulka. " Sayaun Thunga Phulka ", or " Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka " ( Nepali: सयौँ थुँगा फूलका, pronounced [sʌjʌ̃ũ̯ tʰuŋɡa ɸulka]; "Made of Hundreds of Flowers"), is the national anthem of Nepal. It was officially adopted as the anthem on 3 August 2007 during a ceremony held at the conference hall ...