Friday, August 25, 2006

Babur

Babur:

He was born on the year 1483 on February 14 in the town of Andijan in the valley of Fergana which is in modern Uzbekistan. He was the eldest son of Omar Sheikh Mīrzā who was the ruler of Fergana Valley where he describes it as short and stout, round-bearded and fleshy faced. Babur mother name was Qutlugh Nigar Khanum. Although Babur hailed from the Barlas tribe which was of Mongol origin, his tribe had embraced Turkic and Persian culture, converted to Islam and resided in a region known as Turkestan. His mother tongue was the Chaghatai language and he was equally at home in Persian, the two linguae francae of the Timurid elite. His famous memories was written in the Baburnama, in the former language, that of his birthplace.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Guildo Loves You All

Guildo Hat Euch Lieb! In English said as "Guildo Loves You All!” is a German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in German by Guildo Horn & Die Orthopädischen Strumpet. At the close of voting, it had received 86 points, placing 7th in a field of 25. "Alf Igel" was false name of television host Stefan Raab who wrote this. The song is a tongue-in-cheek parody of the scalier style for which Germany had become known at previous Contests. Horn sings about his desire to return to "a time of tenderness/When caressing and Cuddling and Loving/Were always written with capitals" and "When I daily wrote in a poetry book:/Yom hoo hoo – I love you".