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The anthem was initially set to lose the competition, but it later won the competition after it gained rapid popularity amongst the Syrian population which put pressure on the competition's committee to reconsider its decisions, and eventually the anthem won and was adopted by the government as Syria's national anthem. [2] [3] [4]
The Syrian national anthem is divided into four stanzas, each pertaining to a different and unique aspect of Syria from the remaining stanzas. Although the name of the anthem is "Guardians of the Homeland", which is a metaphor for the Syrian military , only the first stanza in fact talks about said army.
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 ...
National colours: Green, white, black and red (Pan-Arab colors) National flower: Jasmine [1] National tree: Olive tree (Olea europaea) [2] National bird: Northern bald ibis [3] National animal: The Syrian Brown Bear [4] National dish: Kibbeh Bil Sanieh [5] National instrument: Qanun [6] National dance: Dabke: National sport: Association football
The Marcha Real (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾtʃa reˈal]; lit. ' Royal March ') is the national anthem of Spain.It is one of only four national anthems in the world – along with those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, San Marino and Kosovo – that have no official lyrics. [2]
"National Anthem" [2] 1992–1999 2002–2006 Daoud Farani: Ustad Qasim [note 2] Afghanistan "Soroud-e-Melli" "National Anthem" 2006–2021 Abdul Bari Jahani: Babrak Wassa — Albania (Italian Protectorate) "Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza" "Royal March of Ordinance" 1939-1943 (royal anthem) Napoleone Giotti Giuseppe Gabetti — Armenia
Due to Syria's long history of multiculturalism and foreign imperialism, Syrian Arabic exhibits a vocabulary stratum that includes word borrowings from Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Syriac, English, French and Persian. Other forms of Arabic natively spoken in Syria include: the dialect spoken in the Jabal al-Druze (Jabal al-Arab) mountains;
If an anthem is defined as consisting of both a melody and lyrics, then the oldest national anthem in use today is the national anthem of the Netherlands, the Wilhelmus. [3] Written between 1568 and 1572 during the Dutch Revolt , it was already a popular orangist hymn during the 17th century, though it would take until 1932 for it to be ...