Um Happy Birthday diferente.
Bernarda Maia March 18th, 2009
Acabo de voltar do restautante Tailandês que fica aqui em baixo, pertinho do meu prédio. Fui lá jantar e ao entrar me deparei com uma festinha de aniversário de uma menina.
Na mesa estavam os pais, as duas irmãs dela e mais umas 10 amigas. Todas meninas. Não sei se é o caso, mas aqui é muito comum escolas só para meninas ou só para meninos.
O fato que me chamou a atençao foi quando o bolo chegou. Após cantarem o tradicional Happy Birthday, uma das meninas começou a cantar o hino da Australia e logo as outras meninas a acompanharam. Não cantaram o hino todo, mas foi bem interessante ver meninas de uns 16 anos cantando, numa comemoração de aniversário, o hino nacional.
Fiquei curiosa em saber se existe alguma tradição por trás disto.
Para os curiosos, segue o hino da Australia. e aqui o link pro audio
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We’ll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who’ve come across the seas
We’ve boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
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I just came from the Thai restaurant close to my apartment. I went there to have dinner and when I walked in there was a birthday party. The girl who was celebrating her birthday was sitting at the table with her parents, two sisters and about 10 girlfriends.
When the cake was brought to the table the girls sung the traditional Happy Birthday song and after that one of the girls started to sing the Australia Anthem followed by the others. They did not sing the whole anthem but I was amazed to see 16 years old girls singing it at a birthday party.
would it be a tradition?
