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"Land of the Free" is the national anthem of Belize. The words were written by Samuel Alfred Haynes in 1929 based upon Haynes poem “Land of the Gods.” The musical arrangement for “Land of the Gods,” was composed with Selwyn Walford Young in 1930.
In 1929, he composed the words of a poem named "Land of the Gods". In 1930 with the assistance of Selvyn Young, “Land of the Gods,” was composed into a musical arrangement, first used in 10th of September celebrations before becoming Belize's national anthem, "Land of the Free". [1] [2]
In 1981 this song was adopted as Belize's national anthem, with the minor alteration of changing the words "Land of the Gods" to "Land of the Free". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This was done without consulting Young or Haynes, and without regard to international copyright status of the song.
The Maya presence in Belize traces back to 2600 B.C. Almost forty sites of ancient Mayan ruins have been discovered in the Belizean area of the Yucatán Peninsula.Most of what is known about the music of ancient Maya in Belize has been discovered in the iconographies and artifacts discovered in these sites.
Coat of arms of Belize; Armiger: Belize: Adopted: 1981 (standardised in 2019) Crest: A mahogany tree proper [1]: Shield: Party per pall inverted, 1st Argent a paddle and a squaring axe proper in saltire 2nd Or a saw and beating axe proper in saltire 3rd per fess bleu celeste and barry wavy or vert azure above the last a sailing ship proper [1]
Coincidentally, the national anthem of the neighboring Federated States of Micronesia is derived from a 19th-century German song. Since the islands are a U.S. dependency, the national anthem is still the U.S. one, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", and the anthem is played after "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the raising of the commonwealth flag.
Nauru Bwiema " (Nauruan pronunciation: [n̪ʌˈuru bˠiˈɛmʲæ]; English: "Nauru, Our Homeland" [1]) is the national anthem of Nauru. The lyrics were written by Margaret Hendrie, with music composed by Laurence Henry Hicks. It was adopted in 1968, upon attaining independence from the mostly Australian-administered UN Trusteeship.
The words of the current Slovene national anthem are all or part [ii] of "Zdravljica", written by the 19th-century Slovene poet France Prešeren for which music was written by the Slovene composer Stanko Premrl in 1905. Emphasising internationalism, [10] it was defined in 1994 [11] as the anthem with the Act on the national symbols of Slovenia.