When The Kid was just a kid living in Higüey, he would hear folks talking about La Marseillaise and saying that the DR version was modeled after it. Years later, while in NYC, The Kid heard an Ecuadorian made the same claim about their anthem.
Any truth to that?
By the way, in conversation with folks from Africa and Mexico and Central America here in Texas, The Kid has never met anyone who did not claim their national anthem as top-notch, the best of the best. After reading several of them, The Kid thinks that almost all are outdated and some are even weird, and he has a hard time connecting current fervor to years-old passion. Familiarity is a powerful thing. Even scary.
Last edited by something_of_the_night; 11-23-2006 at 01:26 PM.
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