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luowei
Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:00 am Post subject: |
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i am very proud of my country- china. its long history and rich culture leaves us the uncompareable wealth.china is a great country! |
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Miwako
Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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I'm from Japan. I love my country and Japanese culture.
Syodo (writing with brush), Sado (making green tea and tasting it), Kado(flower arrangement) are very grave, but they make me calm.
They are very old culture. But, there are many new culture
For example, KARAOKE(singing a music) and PURIKURA(Taking pictures). Do you know them? they are popular among young people.
I like them very much
Both old culture and new culture are very fantastic
So I love Japanese culture.
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elle1010
Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Of corse, I have proud of Japanese cultre.
We and you can feel Japanese historical culture in Japan. |
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ryuji21
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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I also love my country. I am Japanese! And I respect other asian countries  |
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anantha krishna
Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 13
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: |
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I love my country.
Every one must love one's own country. You know, we call India our motherland. The term 'mother' cannot but be loved.
This does not, however, mean and indicate that one should hate other countries.
Acceptance of heterogenous cultures shows broad-mindedness. _________________ N.V.ANANTHA KRISHNA
Hyderabad 500068-India |
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MandyBr
Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 4
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, of course I like to be brazilian!
For me it's a gret country, my culture, my musics, I love "ax�", "samba", who have never heard a brazilian music??
Even "Garota de Ipanema"... or, known an artist, Gisele Bundchen!
I love the way I speak, and can leave in a tropical country, where always is a gret weather and we are always happy, even the things we have... bad things.
But I'm brazilian... and I'll be forever.
Cause It's my country, and my home!! |
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Nayuka
Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Japan
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: Hi! my name is Nayuka!! |
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Frankly speaking, I'm not proud of my country, Japan, because it is boring
to live. I think Japan is safe compared with other countries because
civilian can't have guns for illegality. But it costs you a lot of many to
live. If you have a free time, you may not do what you want to without
enough money. My foreign friends always tell me that everything is expensive
in Japan!! I think so too.. |
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Salem Almarri
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Doha
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject: Qatar |
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I am proud of my country Qatar. Here in my country all things are very nice. You have here a special place to be happy; for example in the desert in the south of Qatar or on the sea to the north of Qatar. I usually go to the south of Qatar (to Sealine) on the beach. Most people go to Sealine because Sealine is a very nice place. The beach at Al Khour is also a very nice beach to walk and swim. And there are many places in Qatar for shopping; for example, the City Center, Landmark Mall. Come here and you will be happy. _________________ html is on |
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bo-hamad
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Location: qatar
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: Qatar |
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I will talk about my country. I live in Qatar. We have many different things in my country. My country is very hot in summer. We have new buildings, new clubs and new streets. Qatar is safer than other countries. We have many beautiful things here.  |
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mae
Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Japan
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, my name is mae. I live in Japan.
I am proud of my country, Japan. I like the Japanese language.
English is used around the world. But Japanese is used only people who lives in Japan.
I think that we are more proud of our own language. So our language user is fewer than English user.
And I like comic books. It is called "manga" in Japan, and many other countries.
It is not translated from Japanese into English. Such thing is not very.
And manga is very high quality. Therefore, it is loved around the world.
But I don't like Japanese character. So I agree with mizuki09.
Japanese (include me, too) prefer doubtful phrase to clear phrase.
I think that a doubtful phrase is misleading. A doubtful phrase is difficult to tell own exact thoughts.
I think have a pride at own country is very good thing. Are you proud of your country? |
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hellowjp

Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 2
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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lol, I'm from Mainland China, and I am very proud of being a Chinese, I think my identity makes me a very lucky girl, and being able to write and read Chinese perfectly is such an advantage...hehe...and I love HOMEMADE Chinese food!!!
Anyhow, I've met so many Koreans who had mistaken me as Korean, even some of my Chinese friends told me that they thought I was Korean the first time they saw me....it makes me wonder sometimes....did my great great grandpa immigrate from North Korea or something?? LOL...It's really funny, they just came up to me, bowed, and then they said "annyonghaseyo"...which I didn't understand the first time...btw, my parents had the same encounter more the once too...  |
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manolita
Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 37
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:29 am Post subject: ARE YOU PROUD OF YOUR COUNTRY? |
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Hi i'm spanish girl i love my country because is different everybody liked to live in spain or not? food is one of the best in the world everybody said many foreigns visit spain every year.There are a lot of actors singers as pedro almodovar that are really good for this pedro has won many prizes for his carrier.etc the only thing that doesn,t like of my contry is people don,t read enough and education isn,t very good. |
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yuri0919
Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 17
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:20 am Post subject: |
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frankly speaking I'm not proud of my country so much , JAPAN
Yes, our culture can be famous and excellent. I think so, too.
However, about diplomatic field , I can't be proud . |
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ClarissaMach

Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 644 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: Re: Am I proud of Brazil?Good joke! |
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Lucas Hansen wrote: |
Proud of my country? Eh, you gotta be joking me!
Brazil is an unfair and violent place.It has no culture:this makes this country an identityless one.Many people from all over around the world settled it: the portuguese(the first people who settled Brazil,and whose language became the common and official one), italians,polish,some jewish people,spanish,a little arabian people,french,africans(Brazil was the last country in the world to abolish slavery.This is a great shame and a shadow on its past),etc.All these people kept they culture.Me and my family we are descendants of the german, and my parents and grandparents still speak german,even one hundred and fifty years after our ancestors arrived in Brazil.My parents did not teach me and my brother german, because the people joked their accents many times,specially the portuguese and africans,and they were afraid to teach us.We still celebrate german celebrations,and in the cities of my region,you can hear german music,besides the older people speaking german.The german culture,like the other cultures in Brazil,is vanishing and melding with Brazil's 'common culture': soccer and samba.I hate soccer and I hate samba, and I think it's a shame these annoying things are taken as culture in Brazil.It may sound nonsense, but I consider myself still a german, not a brazilian. |
Wow! I agree that you're not obliged to like samba and soccer just because these things are seen as "Brazility" signs; but do you really have to offend your own country so much? If you consider yourself a German, why don't you try living in Germany? I hope they, the Germans, will accept you as easily as this country has accepted your family decades ago. I honestly hope so!
I don't think the German culture is simply vanishing in Brazil as you say; for I believe it's natural that cultures simply change. I don't agree with the idea that preserving a culture means keeping it away from any influence. I am myself applying for German classes next year, for I love the German language and culture. And, you see, I have no family connections with Germany.
But I guess I understand what is going on here and I wish to make it clear for everybody who takes part in this forum. The Southern states of Brazil (i.e., Paran�, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) were colonized by Germans and other Slav nations. Differently from the other regions of Brazil, the South hasn't gone through the same "melting-culture process" that characterizes the rest of the nation (all around the world, the Brazilian society is known for being a melting-culture cauldron of cultures and races, that includes indigenous people, immigrants from Portugal and other parts of Europe, and people of African descent).
So, although each one of the five regions in which the country is divided has its particular characteristics, none of them is so unique and different from the others as the South is. The first thing a foreign would notice when travelling across Brazil is that people in the South are �whiter� than the rest of the nation; it doesn�t mean that there�s no black people in the South (the famous soccer player Ronaldinho Ga�cho, for example, was born in Rio Grande do Sul -- �Ga�cho� is a term used to refer to people born at that state). What happens is that, like in the USA, in the Southern states of Brazil you�ll find out lots of white people and a few blacks, but miscegenation is still something rare around there.
You see: my father-in-law was born in Paran�; his grandparents were Germans, and he himself is able to speak the German language. When he came to Rio de Janeiro, he met my mother-in-law, who�s black. The first time they traveled together to his former home, people were amazed to see them side by side when they were walking down the streets (fortunately, they weren�t discriminated or something like this; but people simply got too curious when they saw them together and were eager to be introduced to my mother-in-law, for she was considered a very exotic person for being black...). _________________ Stormy Weather.
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ClarissaMach

Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 644 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:12 am Post subject: |
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Now, answering the question this topic is really about:
I am very proud of my country, despite the violence mentioned by Lucas, or the poverty mentioned by Rui.
On the other hand, the reason why I�m proud of it is not the same of Produsouthamerican: although I am myself one of the victims of the �World Cup fever� and I cheer a lot for Brazil�s team (I can�t prevent crying every time they make a goal!), I don�t think soccer is the more appropriate reason to make one proud of its country -- especially if we have in mind that most part of the Brazilian soccer stars, like Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho Ga�cho, do not live or work in Brazil during the years between the World Cups....
The main reason why I love this country is her people. Sometimes impolite, sometimes uneducated, I know; but always gregarious, always full of love, full of solidarity. For example: there was a discussion about the use of the word �gringo�; yes, we use �gringo� to refer to foreigners, especially if they�re from North America and Europe, but it�s almost in an affectionate way, if not in a funny way. Certainly, our purpose is not offending anyone. Ask a tourist who has been to Rio de Janeiro if he was treated with coldness or disregard by the people; I dare say you won�t never hear a positive answer !
Now, for those who consider nationalism something bad: I believe you can only truly love the others when you love yourself; therefore, I think that you can only truly understand and respect the other nations, if you truly understand and respect your own. We all should keep a critical look at our culture, politics and customs, but it doesn�t mean we can�t root for our countries.
Yesterday I was watching a TV program at Deutsche Welle TV, a Germany channel, that talked about the fact that Germans are finally beginning to feel comfort about expressing their love for their country; they�re not so afraid anymore of being considered nazis just because they feel like cheering for their nation. It was so beautiful to hear it !
Think of it! _________________ Stormy Weather. |
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