Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Eurovision Song contest & Albania's flag

From BBC News here is a 3 minute video about Albania's song entered into the Eurovision 2011 contest currently taking place in Germany.  English title is "Feel the Passion", sung by Aurela Gaçe. 
For the foreign friends I might clarify that the parallelism with the soaring bird is that Albania's name in its native version is "Shqiponia" = Eagle, which is represented in black in the center of the red background of the Albanian flag. 

While the red color signifies bravery, strength, and valor, the double headed eagle emblem derives from the Coat of Arms of  Gjergj Kastrioti, the National hero, known in history as Skanderbeg, who led the Albanian revolt against the Ottoman Empire that resulted in the country's brief independence from 1443 to 1468 (time of his death).
                                                            

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