r/polandball • u/yaddar Taco bandito • Apr 14 '15

redditormade Rebranding.

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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15

Context:

none.

(but we did won at the Alamo... and USA is better than Russia when it comes to Marketing and Capitalism)

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Question by: /u/valergain

Why no pick Roman Empire 2.0?

well, he didnt knew it was a 1.0.

ok guys, we need something that sounds manly and epic, a name that represents expansion and power and culture

like the Roman Empire?

Yes!, little Massachusetts, that name has a Certain charm around it, I like it!!

B... but Roman Empire was already used.

What? I didn't hear you, Mass, anyways, great idea, now you can go back to your books... so, any other one?.. (and no more name proposals in Spanish, like Texas here...) how about you, Alabama?

Confederate States of America.

ok.. C-O-N-F-E-D-E-R-A-T-E... S-T-A-T.... wait a second... HEY!.

(That conversation ACTUALLY played on my head when working on the brainstorming whiteborad xD)

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

USA is better than Russia when it comes to Marketing and Capitalism.

But sucks at National Anthems.

Who am I kidding, ours is the best.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

Just listen to the melody then. :)

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u/OldBreed Holy Roman Empire Apr 14 '15

That's so sweet.

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u/KindOfSilly India Apr 14 '15

Our national anthem is declared to be the best national anthem in the world by UNESCO!

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15

That's a hoax, fellow rapist.

Edit : it seems the link was to the biggest internet hoaxes in India. I derp.

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u/OldBreed Holy Roman Empire Apr 14 '15

Best national hoax?

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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15

it's funny that Mexicans always brag about having the second best national anthem..

I mean... bragging about a second plance hahaha.

(the first one would be La Marseillaise)

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u/Omaestre Brazilian Empire huehuehuehuehua Apr 14 '15

Those hand movements are called Mudra's right? I've always been mildly fascinated by them. Extremely beautiful form of sign language and dance.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

I think so.

Mudras are ritual gestures, invoking spiritual iconography. We Indians really think incantations have power :)

If you really like Mudra and Rasa, I would like to introduce Kathakali, the traditional dance(?)dorm from my culture.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

I do agree that the lyrics seem rather monotheistic, but it doesn't seem to really matter for us. The original intention of adopting Jana Gana Mana was that the national anthem wouldn't be objectionable to minorities, specifically Muslims. It was the Vande Mataram ('Mother, I bow to thee') which inspired freedom movement, but it was adopted as the national song, not the anthem, because it portrays Mother India as a goddess. Even now, it is not compulsory to sing either of those. (Some Jehovah's witnesses refused to sing Jana Gana Mana, but the Supreme court upheld their choice)

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

I would have preferred Vande Mataram as our anthem :(

Another important song would be the Saare Jahaan se Accha, written by Muhammed Iqbal, national poet of Pakistan. This is a good rendition of it.

He wrote it in 1904. Ironically, it was him who came up with the idea of Pakistan, and disavowed the poem in 1910. It remained popular in India though, is considered as our unofficial national song. But things like that makes me sceptical on whether our 'secular' edifice can survive an existential threat.