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Kuwait Olympic Medal Ceremony Confuses Borat‘s ’Kazakhstan Anthem’ With Real Anthem

Either Kuwait’s Olympics staff believes that “Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world” and “all other countries are run by little girls,” as the faux-Kazakh anthem from Sacha Baron Cohen’s movie “Borat” alleges, or someone on that staff needs to get fired.

The reason? At an awards ceremony for the Olympic gold medal winning Kazakhstan shooting team in Kuwait, Cohen’s fake “national anthem” was played instead of the actual national anthem of Kazakhstan. The BBC caught the offensive incident:

Kazakhstan’s shooting team has been left stunned after a comedy national anthem from the film Borat was played at a medal ceremony at championships in Kuwait instead of the real one.

The team asked for an apology and the medal ceremony was later rerun.

The team’s coach told Kazakh media the organisers had downloaded the parody from the internet by mistake.

The worst part? The two “anthems” don’t even have the same melody, so it’s not even a case of potentially confusing the “Borat” version for a poor translation. Here’s the real Kazakh anthem, untranslated:

And here’s Kazakh athlete Maria Dmitrienko keeping a particularly effective poker face as the closing lines of the fake “anthem” are played (Warning – obscene language):

The film “Borat” is banned in Kazakhstan, as is Sacha Baron Cohen himself, so in all likelihood, this marks the first time any members of the team had even heard of the fake “anthem” for their country. The medal ceremony has since been redone and an investigation is likely, but one still has to wonder what exactly caused this to happen.

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  • deereeves
    Posted on March 25, 2012 at 1:47am

    Wait, is tagging awesome there now? The backdrop is all gri-filthy! Is this Lodon 2012? i may actually watch this now! And A-Stan can give me a trouser-friendly kiss:)

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  • sailorV
    Posted on March 24, 2012 at 11:15pm

    Maria Dmitrienko you are a real classy lady. You handled that unfortunate situation with stoic grace. Congratulations on your winning performance both on and off the athletic field.

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  • G-WHIZ
    Posted on March 24, 2012 at 11:40am

    SEEEE! They have REDNEKS inKuwait…TOO! HEE-Haw! Dat’s One for Us! :o)
    We’re everywhere–everywhere–EVERYWHERE!!!!!

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  • conservativestoner
    Posted on March 24, 2012 at 8:32am

    mike t. the absolute best description of islam i have ever read.let’s start calling it islame.

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  • AChatterer
    Posted on March 24, 2012 at 8:04am

    If an actual Kuwaiti was in charge of getting the song they probably only did a quick google search downloaded it and the first time they ever listened to it was when they played it live. If you ever spent an extended time in Kuwait you would know that attention to detail and work ethic is pretty much nonexistent. I do think the whole “crap rolls down hill” thing started there though. It is almost like before they do anything they make sure they have someone to blame if things go wrong.

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  • grannyrecipe
    Posted on March 24, 2012 at 6:26am

    Not very many things really make me laugh out loud…THAT DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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    • mike_trivisonno
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 7:22am

      Islamic culture denies much of objective reality. Because of this much of their “communication” with each other is couched in terms of conspiracy, plots, plans, and deceptions.

      It is no wonder that they make mistake such as this, and larger ones as well. Because Islam is a retrograde culture based on the pragmatic application of dishonesty in all spheres of life.

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:13pm

    Its great that sometimes the news is funny. With all the bad stuff that we see every day sometimes a real gem appears just for a moment. Thanks for the laugh.

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:39pm

      Laugh if you want to
      This could have started world war 4
      And we havent finished 3 yet

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 3:02am

      I‘ve replayed it five times and I’m still laughing. Even the medalist smiled at the end, though her government must be going apoplectic.

      Funniest thing I’ve seen for a long time.

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 7:35am

      After 5 min. I’m still wiping away the tears. My husband just started laughing again from the other room.

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  • Scaz
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:53pm

    Hate to say this, but I think the real anthem was funnier sounding than Borat’s….except for the lyrics.

    “Kazakhstan’s Pr0stitues cleanest in the region….”

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:35pm

    Played it for the SHOOTING team! I hope they weren’t armed it the time. : )

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  • BONETRAUMA
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:10pm

    au jus

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:52pm

    Okay, now I really have to watch the movie. Loved the trailers.

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  • phillipwgirard
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:06pm

    I have a sweet tooth for this lol

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  • spfoam1
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:48pm

    No way this was an accident. Someone should get thier ass kicked, and then fired. It would be funny if it wasn’t so offensive.

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  • 13th Generation American
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:33pm

    Am doing my part to help in Wadiyan drought by now bathing only in champagne

    All Hai……

    Admiral General Aladeen

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  • BDtheCD
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:25pm

    Quickly mister president! You had better apologize for this. I‘m sure it was America’s fault.

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  • hawkeyez
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:00pm

    I’ll bet Obama gace them the CD

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  • Thevoice
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:38pm

    Now if we had President Romney …This would never happen …He was on the Olympic committee …You know ….(lol)

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  • Doctor Nordo
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:33pm

    Wow, that was friggin’ hilarious!

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  • daveposh
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:25pm

    That is “almost” as bad as our current President-in-residence’s failure to salute during our national anthem.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:18pm

      A salute during the national anthem is only supposed to be performed by armed forces members in uniform. Even a military member who is in civilian clothing is not supposed to salute.

      Now, the President may return a salute rendered to him by a someone in the military, since he is in the military’s direct chain of command, but the President is not supposed to salute for colors or during the national anthem. The hand placed over the heart is the appropriate action.

      Source: I’m a veteran

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 12:14am

      DOC about 2 years the code was changed
      anyone who has served in military can render proper hand salute
      even if
      you just fellout in your bvd’s
      you are correct about the Pres. hand over heart is proper.
      However I learned in the Army you have to respect the office,or Rank.
      But when it comes to this peice of crap CIC he should cover his eyes
      and not be aloud within 50 feet of our FLAG

      BAMC 1977

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 2:43am

      USAMEDIC3008

      Well, it‘s still improper for Obama to salute during the nat’l anthem since he never served in the military. I‘ve been out for about 7 years so I wasn’t aware of the change.

      It just annoys me when people who don’t have any clue about military protocol criticize others on completely unfounded bases. Crucifying Obama for not saluting during the nat’l anthem qualifies as such unfounded criticism.

      President Obama has plenty of other reasons for us to criticize him. Making stuff up is completely unnecessary and possibly even detrimental.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 2:47am

      Okay, I actually just found a picture of the event in question, and apparently criticism of Obama is actually called for. It wasn’t a military salute that he failed to perform; he failed to even cover his heart, and also apparently even failed to even recite the pledge.

      So I apologize for the misunderstanding.

      http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/obama-salute.htm

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 10:59am

      Thats why I said he shouldnt
      be aloud within 50 feet of our FLAG

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  • HorseCrazy
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:23pm

    priceless

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  • JP4JOY
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:22pm

    Hmmm… Kuwait… a country that Gives its people thousands of dollars annually (only Real Citizens) and doesn’t expect anything in return, now they expect people to care about the job they do. All Socialist systems are looking at the same problem, why should workers care, they’ll get their “share” regardless of how they screw-up. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

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  • frust@ted
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:19pm

    Wow! Someone deserves to be fired. Watching this I felt like I just watched someone trip and eat it and had to make sure they were ok before laughing.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:41pm

      they probably will be fired; by a firing squad. socialism in the extreme is no laughing matter, ie:
      United Soviet Socialist republic.

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on March 24, 2012 at 12:20am

      its just Russia now They gave theunion part
      to the EU to save money and buy more military equipment

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  • oldeagle101
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:16pm

    This is so hilarious I almost peed myself……

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:41pm

      I don’t think we would be laughing if it happened to us.
      Do you know the words or did you watch the videos or movie ?
      Highly offensive to them. I’m not surprised it is banned.
      “cleanest prostitutes” and “Jewtown” should be enough to offend.

      “Charity toward all, animosity toward none.”

      I have difficulty believing this was an accident.

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  • TRONRADIO
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:14pm

    And we’ve had people mess up ours–no one worse than that idiot Rosanne, however.

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  • KevINtampa
    Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:12pm

    Ummm, wow. What a slap in the face. I’m speechless.

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