buffalo_girl wrote:Obviously, the New Zealand culture is more advanced.
Actually its cerebral now.
It's so culturally ingrained now its superfluous.
We have an agreement
we Always beat them in cricket
they Always beat us in Rugby,
And all of them are allowed to live in Bondi and draw welfare If they want.
once a year we share a day that for the 2 weeks preceding is possibly more important to us both than your thanksgiving, patriots day, MLK day and homecoming celebrations all wrapped into one.
we've even perfected it
no one has to actually do anything On ANZAC day....it just "is".
And unfortunately for those not from The surrounding Pacific nations, it can't actually be explained.
if you can understand a game which is nailbiting for 5 whole days then ends in a draw, maybe you can get it
if you could understand why our youth travel to the other side of the world to turkey, and at sunlight congratulate The Turks.for beating us in a war, yeah, almost there.
yeah, its a bledisloe thing.
you can't actively think about it. It just is
like that game kids play- where if they remember the game and think of it, they have to say "I just lost" .
or like family. You're allowed to hate a family member. But no one else is.