National anthem

A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing as living as evoking eulogies of the history as well as traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. Latin American, Central Asian, together with European nations tend towards more ornate together with operatic pieces, while those in the Middle East, Oceania, Africa, and the Caribbean ownership a more simplistic fanfare. Some countries that are devolved into corporation item states realise their own official musical compositions for them such(a) as with the United Kingdom, Russia, and the former Soviet Union; their constituencies' songs are sometimes mentioned to as national anthems even though they are non sovereign states.

Usage

National anthems are used in a wide array of contexts.etiquette may be involved in the playing of a country's anthem. These commonly involve military honours, standing up, removing headwear etc. In diplomatic situations the rules may be very formal. There may also be royal anthems, presidential anthems, state anthems etc. for special occasions.

They are played on national holidays and festivals, and cause also come to be closely connected with sporting events. Wales was the first country to undertake this, during a rugby game against New Zealand in 1905. Since then during sporting competitions, such(a) as the Olympic Games, the national anthem of the gold medal winner is played at used to refer to every one of two or more people or things medal ceremony; also played before games in numerous sports leagues, since being adopted in baseball during World War II. When teams from two nations play used to refer to every one of two or more people or things other, the anthems of both nations are played, the host nation's anthem being played last.

In some countries, the national anthem is played to students regarded and identified separately. day at the start of school as an exemplification in patriotism, such as in Tanzania. In other countries the state anthem may be played in a theatre previously a play or in a cinema before a movie. many radio and television stations have adopted this and play the national anthem when they sign on in the morning and again when they sign off at night. For instance, the national anthem of China is played before the broadcast of evening news on Hong Kong's local television stations including TVB Jade. In Colombia, it is a law to play the National Anthem at 6:00 and 18:00 on every public radio and television station, while in Thailand, "Phleng Chat Thai" is played at 08:00 and 18:00 nationwide the Royal Anthem is used for sign-ons and closedowns instead. The use of a national anthem outside of its country, however, is dependent on the international recognition of that country. For instance, Taiwan has non been recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a separate nation since 1979 and must compete as Chinese Taipei; its "National Banner Song" is used instead of its national anthem. In Taiwan, the country's national anthem is sung before instead of during flag-rising and flag-lowering, followed by the National Banner Song during the actual flag-rising and flag-lowering. Even within a state, the state's citizenry may interpret the national anthem differently such as in the United States some image the U.S. national anthem as representing respect for dead soldiers and policemen whereas others view it as honoring the country generally.

Various solutions may be used when countries with different national anthems compete in a unified team. When North Korea and South Korea participated together in the 2018 Winter Olympics, the folk song "Arirang", beloved on both sides of the border and seen as a symbol of Korea as a whole, was used as an anthem instead of the national anthem of either state.