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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Edelweiss - Bunga Abadi

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

The Sound of Music (film)Image via Wikipedia

"Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alpine hills. The song is sung by Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp as he rediscovers music and a love for his children. Later on in the show it is sung as a defiant statement of Austrian patriotism by the von Trapp family in the face of the pressure put upon Captain von Trapp to join the navy of Nazi Germany.

Jika mendengar kata Edelweiss, saya pasti teringat sebuah lagu berjudul sama dalam film The Sound of Music. Edelweiss sendiri merupakan bunga yang dilindungi di beberapa negara Eropa. Biasa disebut bunga abadi, di Indonesia para pencinta alam biasanya suka memetik dan menyimpan bunga ini. Sampai saat ini pun saya masih menonton film Sound of Music bersama anak saya yang berusia 7 tahun, sama ketika saya pertama kali menonton film itu.






Dikala perang dunia II
, bunga ini juga menjadi inspirasi bagi para tentara di benua Eropa yang menjadikan bunga ini sebagai simbol nasionalisme maupun sebagai simbol pangkat.

Established 1907 by the Austrian-Hungarian Arm...Image via Wikipedia



WWII Gebirgsjäger Edelweiss cap badge,

from private collection.












Edelweiss
bahkan menjadi bahan sebuah komik terkenal berjudul "Asterix di Swiss


frameless
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Some characters of Asterix
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EdelweissImage by -cr via Flickr

Edelweiss flower (fleur Suisse), SwitzerlandImage by ~Mclaire~ via Flickr





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