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Update from the house of Plague (Day 125 Year 2)
Dear Mr Boris
Thank you so much for letting the Delta variant run rampant through this green and beautiful isle, to the point where we have ended up on everyone's Red List and our holiday flights have been cancelled! [Until October, it's not just a case of moving the tickets.] It's only been 18 months since I last saw my parents and 3 years since I was back home. Yay!
*deep angry breath*
Somehow this song is stuck in my head, the lyrics really are VERY appropriate! (Please note: The lyrics are explicit.)
The fact that today is 'Freedom Day' when [almost all] restrictions are being relaxed is... *hands* WE CAN'T BLOODY LEAVE! What kind of 'freedom' is that?? Here is a cheerful video from the BBC: Covid patients urge public to 'be careful' as restrictions ease. Also it's important to remember that this thing kills people and a cancelled holiday is not the worst thing that could happen.
On the plus side then people generally seem to be carrying on as before - everywhere I went most people wore masks, socially distanced etc.
~
Daily Dimash: Aliya
I was wondering which song to choose for today, since Dimash doesn't really do angry protest songs (if he does, then they're well hidden) (in short: he's an artist, not an activist. The longer story would involve the geopolitical history of Kazakhstan which I am not about to expound upon right now), but then the next song on my list was 'Aliya' which will do RATHER nicely.
This is a lockdown performance from the 9th of May 2020 (the 75th Victory Day of the Second World War, as celebrated by Russia & various former Soviet states), with Dimash being 'the first violin' for a range of different Kazakh singers, all nicely edited together.
Background info on the subject of the song: Aliya Moldagulova (born 25 October 1925 in Bulak Hobdinsk, Aktobe, Kazakh SSR - died 14 January 1944 in Novosokolniki, Pskov oblast; she was 18) was a Soviet sniper. The records vary, but she killed somewhere between 78 to 100+ Nazis. Aliya became the first Kazakh woman to receive the 'Hero of the Soviet Union' award posthumously.
You can find out more here or on Wikipedia
(Apologies for the bad quality, the original video I uploaded is now 'unavailable' so I had o find another one.)
If you are wondering about the two kids, then the girl is Daneliya Tuleshova and the boy is Yerzhan Maxim. They have both represented Kazakhstan in Junior Eurovision Song Contest and various other competitions.
The singer at the end of the video (the clip that is clearly old) is Roza Rymbayeva, a famous Kazakh singer who first sang the song. She won a compitition in Soviet Union with this song (and others), making it known in all post-Soviet Republics.
The only translation of the lyrics I have found is here.
And finally, here is a recording of Dimash singing Aliya aged about 13-14. Very young at any rate. Vocals only.
ETA: Another video of this recording, with background story.
Anyway, digging into Kazakh history is a nice way to keep myself distracted! :)
Dimash Masterpost
Disabling comments, sorry. Don't want sympathy, I'm mostly cross.
Thank you so much for letting the Delta variant run rampant through this green and beautiful isle, to the point where we have ended up on everyone's Red List and our holiday flights have been cancelled! [Until October, it's not just a case of moving the tickets.] It's only been 18 months since I last saw my parents and 3 years since I was back home. Yay!
*deep angry breath*
Somehow this song is stuck in my head, the lyrics really are VERY appropriate! (Please note: The lyrics are explicit.)
The fact that today is 'Freedom Day' when [almost all] restrictions are being relaxed is... *hands* WE CAN'T BLOODY LEAVE! What kind of 'freedom' is that?? Here is a cheerful video from the BBC: Covid patients urge public to 'be careful' as restrictions ease. Also it's important to remember that this thing kills people and a cancelled holiday is not the worst thing that could happen.
On the plus side then people generally seem to be carrying on as before - everywhere I went most people wore masks, socially distanced etc.
~
Daily Dimash: Aliya
I was wondering which song to choose for today, since Dimash doesn't really do angry protest songs (if he does, then they're well hidden) (in short: he's an artist, not an activist. The longer story would involve the geopolitical history of Kazakhstan which I am not about to expound upon right now), but then the next song on my list was 'Aliya' which will do RATHER nicely.
This is a lockdown performance from the 9th of May 2020 (the 75th Victory Day of the Second World War, as celebrated by Russia & various former Soviet states), with Dimash being 'the first violin' for a range of different Kazakh singers, all nicely edited together.
Background info on the subject of the song: Aliya Moldagulova (born 25 October 1925 in Bulak Hobdinsk, Aktobe, Kazakh SSR - died 14 January 1944 in Novosokolniki, Pskov oblast; she was 18) was a Soviet sniper. The records vary, but she killed somewhere between 78 to 100+ Nazis. Aliya became the first Kazakh woman to receive the 'Hero of the Soviet Union' award posthumously.
You can find out more here or on Wikipedia
(Apologies for the bad quality, the original video I uploaded is now 'unavailable' so I had o find another one.)
If you are wondering about the two kids, then the girl is Daneliya Tuleshova and the boy is Yerzhan Maxim. They have both represented Kazakhstan in Junior Eurovision Song Contest and various other competitions.
The singer at the end of the video (the clip that is clearly old) is Roza Rymbayeva, a famous Kazakh singer who first sang the song. She won a compitition in Soviet Union with this song (and others), making it known in all post-Soviet Republics.
The only translation of the lyrics I have found is here.
And finally, here is a recording of Dimash singing Aliya aged about 13-14. Very young at any rate. Vocals only.
ETA: Another video of this recording, with background story.
Anyway, digging into Kazakh history is a nice way to keep myself distracted! :)
Dimash Masterpost
Disabling comments, sorry. Don't want sympathy, I'm mostly cross.