1 verse is bad enough...Why don't they ever play the second verse of the anthem???
They're not getting rid of anything, they're just adding another one. For a weekend. At some football games. Who cares?
Why is this suddenly a new issue? The indigenous version has been sung prior to matches several times before.
Parramatta play a game in each of Darwin and Alice every year.If the NRL was serious about indigenous people... take a game to darwin, alice springs... or every indigenous jersey sold goes to a aboriginal organization or community..
Or better yet 10,000 free jerseys goes to remote communities black, white... all kids
f**ken oathI don't see it as changing the anthem because you can.
From my understanding, the anthem used is a translation of the original anthem sung in a traditional language.
That seems to me that it is about embracing both the past (by using the language) and the current/future (by using the current anthem)
Non issue for me.
Courtesy of the NZ anthem, Maori culture is recognised every time the NZ anthem is sung... Probably the best anthem in the world IMO or at the very least, on the podium....
Probably not easy to incorpoerate indigenous dialect in a new Aussie anthem due to all the different languages the different tribes used traditionally... which one do you choose?
Do the Maori only have one dialect does anyone know? @Iafeta ???
Sounds good but who knows what they are singing in the first verse... death to the whitey or some crap.Well, it sounds fantastic, and I love the Maori and English versions being sung. As long as you don't pay heed to the lyrics, which are "god awful".
If the NRL was serious about indigenous people... take a game to darwin, alice springs... or every indigenous jersey sold goes to a aboriginal organization or community..
Or better yet 10,000 free jerseys goes to remote communities black, white... all kids
It's all for nought if they come home for vanilla slice... give Sammy the jobIn my state the nrl funds a development officer and range of activities primarily to work in indigenous communities in northern WA.
Because i dont follow parra...Parramatta play a game in each of Darwin and Alice every year.
How do you frequent these forums and not know something so basic?
Nothing brings Australian cultures together more than a Barnsy or Farnham hit, make one of their #1 hits the national anthem
Courtesy of the NZ anthem, Maori culture is recognised every time the NZ anthem is sung... Probably the best anthem in the world IMO or at the very least, on the podium....
Probably not easy to incorpoerate indigenous dialect in a new Aussie anthem due to all the different languages the different tribes used traditionally... which one do you choose?
Do the Maori only have one dialect does anyone know? @Iafeta ???