22 Kasım 2012 Perşembe

Democratic Citizenship -the clip that reflects the Anatolian People the best-

In my opinion the best clip which describes my countries all cultural aspect is a song that is prepared by a political part in Turkey. Actually I don't like to speak about politics. Because everybody may have a different political view. And because of that we should not break our hearts. We should be respectful to each others views and ideas. But this song attract my attention, because it shows people from very different cultural backgrounds in Turkey.

Shortly, even if it is a song belongs to a political party, I decided to choose it. For those who dislike that part I can only say that don't think about the part, but think about what the song says. I will also translate it into English below the clip.




and its translation into English:

We  walked through the same way,
We drank from the same water,
Our summer is one, winter is one,
We are the same wind of the same hill.

Our songs one, and ballads are one,
We altogether sing the same one,
Our halays and horons, all folk dances are one,
We are the same chord of the same instrument.

The hearts are one, and prays are one         
We are the same servant of the same God.
Our real garden is our home town,
We are the same rose of the same branch,

Come on one more time, one more time, one more time,
We sing this song all together.
Play the drum, one more time, one more time.
Both we enjoy and sing the same one.

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  1. Hi Isa

    Hope your health is improving and you are feeling better.

    Beautiful piece of music and the video seems to show many cultural elements that could be the starting point for a discussion of Turkish culture. On Fronter in the "texts" folder in democratic citizenship there is a text called "Methods and materials to develop intercultural competence". Try to look in this text to see if there are some insights and ideas on how to use this music video in an intercultural perspective.

    Concerning the political part we have in class discussed intercultural communication. In the text by Iben Jensen read for December 6th there is a good model to reflect upon when discussions are controversial. Besides that I have translated a short text (a socratic dialogue) from a Danish book which gives good advice on how to debate controversial issues.

    Could you reflect on these three theories and write something in a comment below about it?

    Best wishes
    Thomas

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