SteemAlive Presents: Your country in another language (Up to 50 Steem Prize)
Introduction
We are delighted to host yet another contest for you our lovely Steemit users. We thank those that participated in the previous contest. This contest will also afford us the opportunity to learn exciting facts about different places and languages. We call this contest: Your country in another language!!!!
The contest - Your country in another language
This contest is not too difficult. Tell us something generally Unknown, special, weird or important about your country! Then translate your entry into another language of choice.
How to Join
Drop your entry and translation as a comment under this post. Here is an example entry and translation:
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The rules
- Your original entry must be in English and then translated to any language of choice as show in the example.
- The entry in English (minus the translation) must be at least 250 characters long. Use this word counter to check it
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- Your entry must be verifiable facts about your country.
- Your entry must be in the format shown in the example
- You must not repeat facts already stated by another participant
- You can include a picture for detail (Not a rule).
The Prize
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Entry numbers 1 - 5 = 2 Steem Each.
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ENTRY:
The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria's multiple ethnic groups. The country has over 521 languages and over 1150 dialects and ethnic groups. The four largest ethnic groups are the Hausa and Fulani who are predominant in the north, the Igbo who are predominant in the southeast, and the Yoruba who are predominant in the southwest.
The Edo people are predominant in the region between Yorubaland and Igboland. Much of the Edo tend to be Christian. This group is followed by the Ibibio/Annang/Efik people of the coastal south southern Nigeria and the Ijaw of the Niger Delta.
The rest of Nigeria's ethnic groups (sometimes called 'minorities') are found all over the country but especially in the middle belt and north. The Fulani, who are traditionally nomadic, are spread all over West and Central Africa and are predominantly Muslim. The Hausa are also predominantly Muslim while the Igbo are predominantly Christian. The Efik, Ibibio, Annang people are mainly Christian. The Yoruba have a balance of members that are adherent to both Islam and Christianity. Indigenous religious practices remain important in all of Nigeria's ethnic groups, these beliefs are often blended with Christian beliefs.
Nigeria is famous for its English language literature, apart from the 'pure' English speaking population, Nigerian pidgin (which uses a primary English lexicon) is also a common lingua franca. Roughly a third of Nigeria's population speak Pidgin English which is a simplified form of the language, for instance "How you dey" would be substituted for "How are you". Since the 1990s the Nigerian movie industry, sometimes called "Nollywood" has emerged as a fast-growing cultural force all over the continent. Because of this western influences including music, dress and movies can be found all across Nigeria including the Islamic and highly conservative north of the country.
TRANSLATION IN RUSSIAN
Культура Нигерии сформирована многочисленными этническими группами Нигерии. В стране более 521 языка и более 1150 диалектов и этнических групп. Четыре крупнейших этнических группы - это хауса и фулани, которые преобладают на севере, игбо, которые преобладают на юго-востоке, и йоруба, которые преобладают на юго-западе.
Люди Эдо преобладают в регионе между Йорубалендом и Игболендом. Многие жители Эдо, как правило, христиане. За этой группой следуют народы ибибио / аннанг / эфик прибрежных южных районов Нигерии и Иджау в дельте Нигера.
Остальные этнические группы Нигерии (иногда называемые «меньшинствами») встречаются по всей стране, но особенно в среднем поясе и на севере. Фулани, которые традиционно ведут кочевой образ жизни, распространены по всей Западной и Центральной Африке и являются преимущественно мусульманами. Хауса также преимущественно мусульмане, а игбо - преимущественно христиане. Люди Эфик, Ибибио, Аннанг в основном христиане. У йоруба есть баланс членов, которые придерживаются как ислама, так и христианства. Религиозные обычаи коренных народов по-прежнему важны для всех этнических групп Нигерии, эти верования часто смешиваются с христианскими верованиями.
Нигерия славится своей англоязычной литературой, помимо «чистого» англоговорящего населения, нигерийский пиджин (который использует первичный английский лексикон) также является распространенным лингва-франка. Примерно треть населения Нигерии говорит на пиджинском английском, который является упрощенной формой языка, например, «How you dey» будет заменено на «How are you». С 1990-х годов нигерийская киноиндустрия, которую иногда называют «Нолливуд», превратилась в быстрорастущую культурную силу по всему континенту. Из-за этого западные влияния, включая музыку, одежду и фильмы, можно найти по всей Нигерии, включая исламский и очень консервативный север страны.
Powerful entry. The detail is excellent. Many Nigerians will confirm it. Your entry has been acknowledged. Thank you. @ngoenyi
Thank you @steemAlive. You are the best. Thanks for the acknowledgement
Nigeria happens to be a very blessed country and I could tell you a lot of things you probably already know about it.
The contest says generally unknown or weird though and the first thing that came to my mind were "twins". I know it sounds weird, but just hear me out :) .
There's a town situated just 80 kilometres(50 miles) north of Lagos State, Nigeria(where I reside) called Igbo-Ora in Oyo state. The town is nicknamed "the twin capital of the world". Weird right?... I could tell you almost every household here boasts of at least a set of twins. The town records an unusually high rate of twin births, although there isn't any recent accurate statistics.
The people see the birth of twins as an honor and a blessing from God, with some of them regarding twins as supernatural beings and accordingly worship them as deities. Strange right?
Others, however, subscribe to a different school of thought, which attributes the high birth rate of twins to a diet related condition.Research into multiple twin births carried out by fertility experts at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital has suggested that the high level of consumption of natural hormone phytoestrogen found in yams eaten by Yoruba women could be the result of the high incidence of multiple births, as it is presumed to stimulate the ovaries to release eggs from both sides. Now that's something I could work with :).
I've heard my dad speak about this countless times and it's definitely an unusual occurrence. Besides we're holding a world record on this one 😂.
Translation in Spanish
Nigeria es un país muy bendecido y podría contarte muchas cosas que probablemente ya sepas al respecto.
El concurso dice que en general es desconocido o raro y lo primero que me vino a la mente fueron "gemelos" . Sé que suena raro, pero escúchame :).
Hay una ciudad situada a solo 80 kilómetros (50 millas) al norte del estado de Lagos, Nigeria (donde resido) llamada Igbo-Ora en el estado de Oyo. La ciudad recibe el sobrenombre de "la capital gemela del mundo". Extraño, ¿verdad? ... Podría decirles que casi todos los hogares aquí se jactan de tener al menos un par de gemelos. La ciudad registra una tasa inusualmente alta de nacimientos de gemelos, aunque no hay estadísticas recientes precisas.
La gente ve el nacimiento de gemelos como un honor y una bendición de Dios, y algunos de ellos consideran a los gemelos como seres sobrenaturales y, en consecuencia, los adoran como deidades. Extraño, ¿verdad?
Otros, sin embargo, se suscriben a una escuela de pensamiento diferente, que atribuye la alta tasa de natalidad de gemelos a una condición relacionada con la dieta.La investigación sobre nacimientos de gemelos múltiples realizada por expertos en fertilidad en el Hospital Universitario de Lagos ha sugerido que el alto nivel de consumo del fitoestrógeno de la hormona natural que se encuentra en el ñame que comen las mujeres yoruba podría ser el resultado de la alta incidencia de partos múltiples, ya que se presume que estimula a los ovarios para que liberen óvulos de ambos lados. Eso es algo con lo que podría trabajar :).
He escuchado a mi papá hablar de esto en innumerables ocasiones y definitivamente es algo inusual. Además, tenemos un récord mundial en este 😂.
Waooh. Waooh. This is really a powerful fact. We thank you @doppley for this education. These are big secrets only the people like you leaving close to those places can tell. This contest is a huge enlightenment opportunity. Thank you. We have acknowledged your entry.
Thanks @steemalive...always a pleasure to be part of your amazing contests. Always an interesting way to create engagements also :) .
INTRODUCTION Hello greetings to everyone i am most delightful to be part of the wonderful and fast growing platform @steemit.com. Today the steemalive community has organized yet again another contest in a bit to keep steemians active and engaged. With this post i am making my entry into the contest My country in another language. There are a lot of weird things happening in my country Cameroon but am going to talk about THE HYPOCRISY BEING PREACH IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY. Cameroon is a country found in central Africa which got its independence on the 1 0f January 1960 with first President being Ahmadou Ahidjo and President Paul Biya who has dominated politics in Cameroon since 1982 when, as then prime minister, he was appointed president of the one-party state following the unexpected resignation of President Ahmadou Ahidjo. Biya won election to his first full term as president in January 1984 and was re-elected unopposed in 1988 with 98 percent of the vote.
Despite Biya's reelection, dissatisfaction with the government increased significantly as economic crisis and repression worsened. As the Cold War ended and a wave of democratization began to sweep across Africa and other parts of the world, Biya reluctantly permitted the formation of political parties in 1990, after several attempts by his government to crush the movement for multiparty politics in Cameroon.
TRANSLATION TO CHINESE LANGUAGE
简介大家好，我很高兴能成为精彩的快速成长平台@ steemit.com的一员。今天，steemalive社区再次组织了另一场比赛，以保持Steemians的活跃和参与。通过这篇文章，我将用另一种语言参加比赛“我的国家”。在我们的喀麦隆，发生了很多奇怪的事情，但我将以民主的名义谈论“伪善”。喀麦隆是中非国家，1960年1月1日1f取得独立，第一任总统是Ahmadou Ahidjo和Paul Biya总统，他们自1982年以来一直统治喀麦隆的政治，当时他是总理，当时被任命为该国总统总统艾哈迈杜·阿希德乔意外辞职后的政党国家。比亚于1984年1月赢得了他的第一个完整的总统任期，并于1988年以98％的选票连任反对。尽管比亚再次当选，但随着经济危机和镇压的加剧，人们对政府的不满情绪大大增加。随着冷战的结束，民主化浪潮席卷非洲和世界其他地区，比亚政府在喀麦隆政府几次镇压喀麦隆多党政治运动之后，于1990年无奈地允许成立政党。
We are really sad to hear of people seizing power and refusing to let go even when the masses demand change. We hope things will eventually be ok. Thank you for this bit of history @njiatanga.
Entry:
Today I am going to talk about a typical dish from my country, the Hallaca, this dish has a very particular meaning from the point of view of our historical concept as a society, first pre-Columbian and then with the process of miscegenation over almost 500 years And then for the independence process the Hallaca is part of that pre-Columbian link to the natural staple food that the Native Americans had before Colon, which was corn, potatoes, yucca, these were foods that were known to the conquering Europe at that time. Historic moment.
That process of miscegenation that was done with our races, both the black, the white and the aboriginal, in this case also occurred with our food, in America at that time there were no olives, raisins, raisins, all of these were questions that were brought from Europe.
Then it was necessary to catch all that food or that food, reflecting the culture of the continents in a single plate and a food wrapped in banana leaf came out, also for the issue of conservation and tradition, then it is said that the Spaniards wrapped the leftovers of their food and wrapped it in those banana leaves, to give it to the aborigines, from there they presume the origin of the estarca that we all enjoy at Christmas, and from there variants began to emerge over the years and the versions of this dish In the different regions of Venezuela, since then the hallaca is the typical dish in the month of December.
Translation into Spanish
Hoy les voy hablar de un plato típico de mi país, la hallaca, este plato tiene un significado muy particular desde el punto de vista de nuestro concepto histórico como sociedad, primero precolombina y luego con el proceso de mestizaje a lo largo de casi 500 años y luego para el proceso independencia la hallaca forma parte de esa vinculación precolombina del alimento básico natural que tenían los nativos americanos antes de Colon, que era el maíz, la papa, la yuca, eso eran alimentos que para la Europa conquistadora eran conocidos en ese momento histórico.
Ese proceso de mestizaje que se hizo con nuestras razas, tanto el negro, el blanco y el aborigen, en este caso también se dio con nuestra alimentación, en américa no existía para ese momento las aceitunas, las pasas, las pasas todo eso eran cuestiones que eran traídas desde Europa.
Entonces era necesario atrapar toda esa alimentación o ese alimento, reflejando la cultura de los continentes en un solo plato y salió un alimento envuelto de hoja de plátano, también por el tema de conservación y tradición, entonces se cuenta que los españoles envolvía las sobras de sus alimentos y lo envolvieron en esas hojas de plátano, para dárselo a los aborígenes, de allí se presumen el origen de las hallaca que todos disfrutamos en navidad, y de ahí comenzaron a surgir variantes a través de los años y las versiones de este plato en las distintas regiones de Venezuela, desde entonces la hallaca es el plato típicos en el mes de diciembre.