Friday, January 19, 2007

What are countries famous for?


England: Big Ben, Music, football, London Eyes, Buckingham palace, Red Double Decker Buses, Shakespeare's drama, Fish and chips, University
America: Uncle Sam, Statue of Liberty, Bald eagle, Hollywood, dolar, university, silicon valley, NBA, Golden gate bridge, white house, capital hill, music, hip hop, fast food, aircraft carrier ship, car, Internet, western cowboy
• Cuba: Havana Cigars, Sugar
Italy: pizza, Pisa tower, Colosseum, mafia, fashion, football
• Brazil: football, samba, Amazon tropical rainforest
Russia : polar bear, vodka, Kremlin palace, Red square, ballet, classical music, space, poem
China: Great wall, chinese food, forbidden city, kungfu, kungfu novel, panda bear, Confucism, Lion dance, calligraphy, china, silk, mine blast, chinese opera
Japan: blossom, kimono, samurai and samurai spirit, sushi, geisha, the art of Japanese tea, manga, martial art (Sumo, Judo, Kendo, Karatedo, Akido), the art of bonsai and zen garden, origami, robot, sake, Mt. Fuji, car, electronic good, atomic bombs, ninja, karaoke, sunrise
• Egypt: Pyramid, Pharoah, Suez canal
• Argentia: Tango dancing, football
• Cambodia: Angkor Wat
• Malaysia: Petronas twin towers
• Indonesia: Islands, shadow puppet dance (wayang kulit), batik , Sumatra dragon
• Canada: Multiculture, maple leaf
• Spain: bullfights, resorts, flamenco dancing
• India: Taj Mahal, curry, saree, poem, lotus, yoga
Greece: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek philosophy, Olympia
• Denmark: the little Mermaid, Andersen fairy tales
Germany: German tank, Classical music, Berlin wall, thinkers, philosophers and writers
• Philippine: oversea worker
• Korea: Korea TV drama, Kimchi, Taekwondo, Hanbok
• Iraq: 1001 Arabian nights, war
• Monaco: Casino, high class life
• Switzerland: clock, bank
• Australia: Kangaroo, Sydney opera house
• Sweden: Nobel award
• Thailand: Elephant, Wat Phra Kaew, Tuk Tuk, sex show
• Venezuela: Miss
• Finland: Santa, lake
• Scotland: Whisky, men's dress
• Mongolia: horse, steppe, horse milk wine
• Hongkong: Film, shopping
• Iran: Persian carpets
• Norway: Viking, midnight sun
• Myanmar: Golden triangle, golden land
Vietnam: one pillar pagoda, Long dress, Palm-leaf conical hat, war, boatman, pho, Ha Long bay
• Lao: Elephant, Champa
Singapore : Merlion, Green clean environment, the durian-like Esplanade theatre, seaport
• Netherland: Tulip, windmill, Dyke, milk
France: Eiffel tower, Louvre museum, wine, French literature, Versailles palace , Cathedral of notre-dame, tour de france, perfume, TGV

Source: http://my.opera.com/tamtamxa/blog/show.dml/337893

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