following up to my original post for “vostok” (the antarctic mermaid and the pinned post—the dtiys for that goes all the way to may 1, too!), i give you my prompts for mermay around the world. i tried to get all the continents—it’s tricky here with the states because we’re such a melting pot of cultures and dialects, so i picked two of the cities i can readily represent through art (i was going to use new orleans or nashville but i’m slightly more drawn to vegas and hawai’i).
this is inspired by three things:
planetary coalition (the obvious one).
some time ago, i was looking into art of the middle east, namely israel and iran (before the revolution of 1979, of course) and feeling enamored by it all.
the third thing that inspired it was thinking about east asian art and how i’ve always been drawn to it. i don’t know how my mind jumped to it but i thought about angkor wat and block paintings of temples in southeast asia, and my mind being the rocket it is went from there.
***i also don’t want to hear any objections to tel aviv and kiev being on here. if you don’t like it, do your own or use someone else’s list.
i’m dropping these now to give plenty of time to study the art and culture of each city. i’d rather let people be influenced and inspired than appropriate 😉
portugal🇵🇹- brazillian portuguese 🔛🔝 (or so ive been told)
spain🇪🇸-odio españa porque comí tostadas yo no sé🤷
france🇫🇷- FRENCH PEOPLE AHHHHHH
belgium🇧🇪- reminds me of belgium so i dont like it
germany🇩🇪- i have a german friend and shes mean to me smh 😔😔✊✊
poland🇵🇱-i have a polish friend and theyre very mean to me smh😔😔✊✊
czech republic 🇨🇿 - defenestration+ that stupid goat
bulgaria🇧🇬-flag colours remind me of italy
italy🇮🇹-italian AHHHHHH (someone thought i was italian on tiktok this one time and im not forgetting it)
austria🇦🇹-i keep accidentally saying australia when i say it smh😔✊
hungary🇭🇺 - flag reminds me of italy😰😰
lithuania🇱🇹 - if i get another lithuanian meme sent to me i am going to combust
latvia🇱🇻-hello
ukraine🇺🇦- i keep accidentally getting it confused with that one flag thats for the german city thing yk the one its yellow then blue smh
slovakia🇸🇰- idk tbh, falg has the same colour as france ig😡
scotland🏴 - “i love eye r land” *starts playing flower of scotland on the bagpipes*-🇺🇸
wales🏴 - your flag is a NIGHTMARE to draw and i hate you so much for it
ireland🇮🇪 - “im actualy eye r ish!” *holds up 🇨🇮* -🇺🇸
england🏴- tories🤢
romania🇷🇴 - forgotten romance language smh (best one tbh)
greece🇬🇷 - please tell me youre as sick of americans as i am
norway🇳🇴 - WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME NO WAY IN AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT.
sweden🇸🇪 - hi
finland🇫🇮 - i know someone from finland and he is very emo (dont tell him i told u im scared of him icl)
denmark🇩🇰 - if i see another cross on a flag im gonna sob
switzerland 🇨🇭- OH MY FUCKGIN GODV
the netherlands 🇳🇱- “thaats not a real place thaats where peter pan lives!” -🇺🇸
belarus🇧🇾 -hi
serbia🇷🇸 -french colours😰😰😰
moldova🇲🇩 -hi :)
albania🇦🇱 - your flag is also a NIGHTMARE TO DRAW YOU DONT HAVE TO BE WELSH PLEASE TURN TOWARDS THE LIGHT.
croatia🇭🇷 - one time i was playing that one guess draw game on roblox w my friend and they said they got croatia and i typed it in chat and everyone thought we were teaming and vote kicked me from drawing </3
bosnia🇧🇦- hi
macedonia🇲🇰-your flag isnt a NIGHTMARE to draw but its still a nightmare to draw
thats all for now bc im not writing out 44 different countries (since app theres 44 countries in europe i googled it)
In 2018 , Nigerian Lawyer Falana dragged Benin Republic 🇧🇯, Ghana 🇬🇭, six others to African Court over Western Sahara Human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN has in 2018 dragged 8 African Union member states to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights over “the failure of the countries to discharge their legal duty to defend the sovereignty, territorial, integrity and independence of Western Sahara.” The case brought on behalf of Bernard Anbataayela Mornah, a Ghanaian citizen and the National Chairman of the Convention of People’s Party, a political party in Ghana against Burkina Faso 🇧🇫; Cote D’ivore🇨🇮; Ghana; Mali 🇲🇱; Malawi 🇲🇼; and Tanzania 🇹🇿 relates “to the legal duty on the defendants to defend the sovereignty, territorial, integrity and independence of Western Sahara.” The suit with application number 028/2018, read in part: “The territory known as Western Sahara in North Africa was forcefully and illegally colonized by Spain for several years until it pulled out and relinquished its claim as a colonial power over the territory in February 1976 as a result of the violent resistance of the Saharawi people. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjC6JkCMffo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Just watched Miss World 2021, the final nigh has been postponed 90 days because of the Coronavirus in that time. And here is the result, Karolina Biewlaska @karolinabielawska of Poland 🇵🇱 took the title that night with USA 🇺🇸 as the first runner up and Cote D’Ivoire 🇨🇮 as the second runner up. The top 6 are Indonesia 🇮🇩, Mexico 🇲🇽 and Northern Ireland. Top 13 in alphabetical order are Colombia 🇨🇴, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, France 🇫🇷, India 🇮🇳, Philippines 🇵🇭, Somalia 🇸🇴 and Vietnam 🇻🇳. Completing the top 40 are Argentina 🇦🇷, Bahamas 🇧🇸, Botswana 🇧🇼, Brazil 🇧🇷, Cameroon 🇨🇲, Canada 🇨🇦, Chile 🇨🇱, China 🇨🇳, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, Ecuador 🇪🇨, England 🏴, Guinea 🇬🇳, Hungary 🇭🇺, Iceland 🇮🇸, Ireland 🇮🇪, Kenya 🇰🇪, Madagascar 🇲🇬, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Mongolia 🇲🇳, Nepal 🇳🇵, Nicaragua 🇳🇮, Paraguay 🇵🇾, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, South Africa 🇿🇦, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹, Venezuela 🇻🇪. My opinion: it was so shocked to see Venezuela and South Africa stopped in the first cut. It is nice to see that Hijabi contestant from Somalia can manage to the semi finals, Miss World made a history. 💜💜💜.
Former president, Laurent Gbagbo announces his retirement
Former president, Laurent Gbagbo announces his retirement
LAURENT GBAGBO,
“I am at peace with my self. 🙏🙏🇨🇮🇨🇮
The system of the party that I have just created, is a system to prepare for my retirement to my village to rest.
My ambition today is to leave. I will not abandon you, for I am a soldier.
I was president of a political party. I was President of the Republic.
What else do I have to gain?
At this age, after this journey, wisdom would have me…
Countries of the World with Similar Flags • Cote d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 and Ireland 🇮🇪 • Chad 🇹🇩 and Romania 🇷🇴 • Mali 🇲🇱 and Guinea 🇬🇳 • Sudan 🇸🇩, Jordan 🇯🇴 and Palestine 🇵🇸 • Liberia 🇱🇷, USA 🇺🇸 and Malaysia 🇲🇾 • Benin Republic 🇧🇯 and Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 • Ghana 🇬🇭 and Bolivia 🇧🇴 • Egypt 🇪🇬 and Yemen 🇾🇪 • Niger Republic 🇳🇪 and India 🇮🇳. • Ukraine 🇬🇦 and Rwanda 🇷🇼 https://www.instagram.com/p/ChzXGOFsaFD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=