{"id":4979,"date":"2020-06-24T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T03:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2020-06-24T00:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T03:01:02","slug":"bonne-saint-jean-quebec-happy-national-day-to-our-belle-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/06\/24\/bonne-saint-jean-quebec-happy-national-day-to-our-belle-province\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBonne Saint-Jean\u201d Qu\u00e9bec [Happy national day to our \u201cbelle province\u201d]!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/QuebecBonneFete.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4981\" width=\"322\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/QuebecBonneFete.jpg 667w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/QuebecBonneFete-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 85vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a reason why Qu\u00e9bec is called &#8220;<em>la belle province<\/em>\u201d. Its slogan is &#8220;<em>Je me souviens<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;I remember&#8221;). Pandemic times or not, Bambi will always remember and celebrate this day, praying for healthier days for this province\/nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qu\u00e9bec\nis a wonderful part of our country and\u2026 of the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is inspiring to many for having succeeded in preserving its heritage and in flourishing, at all levels, despite being a minority in North America. Bravo to Qu\u00e9bec. Indeed, MANY francophone\/phile people\/places in the world, including Lebanon, look up to Qu\u00e9bec as an inspiring example for keeping the French language alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fun, below is a song by a talented singer-songwriter from France. Of note, Mr. Yves Duteil wrote this beautiful song in 2010, time at which he was the Mayor of \u201cPr\u00e9cy-sur-Marne\u201d ? (from 1989 to 2014). His song pays tribute to the French language spoken in Qu\u00e9bec. Further below, you can hear another beautiful song, which is a sort of an (informal) national anthem of love for Qu\u00e9bec. &#8220;Merci Monsieur&#8221; Gilles Vigneault!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"La Langue De Chez Nous\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjlymeTVgms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, one more thing, since today is also the name day of Bambi\u2019s second cousin, she will also say: &#8220;<em>Bonne f\u00eate Jean<\/em>&#8221; to a talented young man (i.e., now a skilled pilot!), called <em>Jeannotti<\/em> as a baby, perhaps still known as <em>Jeannot<\/em>\u2026 at least by close ones ?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this being said, Bambi will joyfully conclude this post by singing Mr. Vigneault\u2019s <em>gens du pays<\/em> (video with English sub-titles)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"National Anthem: Quebec - Gens du pays (Province of Canada)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z6gXAZeOFo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a reason why Qu\u00e9bec is called &#8220;la belle province\u201d. Its slogan is &#8220;Je me souviens&#8221; (&#8220;I remember&#8221;). Pandemic times or not, Bambi will always remember and celebrate this day, praying for healthier days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4979"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4990,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979\/revisions\/4990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}