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Moldova on the Stage

       International events, such as the Olympics, the World Cup and festivals like Oktoberfest, allow  countries to display their identity and/or talents to a large group of people, and the Eurovision Song  Contest is no  different. Originally founded in 1956 as an attempt to bring Europeans together, the  Eurovision Song  Contest has evolved into an internationally-viewed event that allows over 40 countries to  display their  nation’s identity to the world through their musical performances (Beauchamp). The country  of Moldova  joined the ESC stage in 2005 with its debut performance by Zdob și Zdub. Moldova is not  only a fairly  new country to join the Eurovision stage but also a fairly new country in general, as it didn’t gain its  independence from the Soviet Union until 1991. Since it is such a newly independent country,  Moldovans  share many similarities in their national identity with nei...
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The National Self (& Other)

        When it comes to national identity in the United States, you may think of American symbols such as the American flag, the bald eagle and American holidays like the 4th of July. But what is  national identity when it comes to other nations? National identity is the idea that people within a  country should share similar values, language and history. Therefore, the population within a  nation should have more in common with each other than with populations outside the nation.  Although, national identity is actually just a made up concept that began in the modern era when  technology, such as trains, brought people from the country to cities and the nation needed a  shared, common language in order to interconnect the population and be able to spread news  through newspapers. ( The New York Times ) In this blog post, I will be identifying key aspects of  Moldova’s national identity and to what extent those factors ...
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3 Minute Briefing of Moldova

 
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