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Papua New Guinea: Unity in Diversity. [105] Paraguay: Peace and justice (Spanish: Paz y justicia). [106] Peru: Firm and happy for the union (Spanish: Firme y feliz por la unión). [citation needed] Philippines: For God, for the people, for nature and for the country (Tagalog: Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa). [107]
Although many songs were submitted to be the anthem, the National Executive Council decided a week before the country's Independence Day (10 September 1975), to adopt as the national anthem a composition that was composed by Chief Inspector Thomas Shacklady (1917–2006), a bandmaster of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Band.
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 ...
Map of Papua New Guinea Share of forest area in total land area, top countries (2021). Papua New Guinea has the eighth highest percentage of forest cover in the world. At 462,840 km 2 (178,704 sq mi), Papua New Guinea is the world's 54th-largest country and the third-largest island country. [14]
Papua New Guinea, a sovereign state in Oceania, is the most linguistically diverse country in the world. [5] According to Ethnologue, there are 839 living languages spoken in the country. [6] In 2006, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare stated that "Papua New Guinea has 832 living languages (languages, not dialects)." [7] [8]
The song samples the bass line from Meat Beat Manifesto's "Radio Babylon" with Lisa Gerrard's vocal from "Dawn of the Iconoclast" by Dead Can Dance. [3] Cobain described the sampling choices stating that the "Radio Babylon" bass line was "one of the greatest within the culture" while the bass line in "Papua New Guinea" was "kind of a staccato sampled version."
Republic of Panama (official, English), República de Panamá (official, Spanish) PNG Papua New Guinea a: Independent State of Papua New Guinea (official, English), Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini , Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini , Papua Niugini (shortform, Tok Pisin), Papua Niu Gini (shortform, Hiri Motu) PRY Paraguay a
Introduction of national flag, national anthem and name of West Papua (November 10, 1961) The anthem was composed by the Dutch missionary Rev. Izaak Samuel Kijne during the 1930s. After the Dutch-supervised election of a regional parliament, the New Guinea Council ( Dutch : Nieuw Guinea Raad ), a group was formed on 19 October 1961 to elect a ...