International Proverb Contest 5SBD GIVEAWAY
Hello Steemians from all nations!
As I think that Proverbs are the wisdom of the nations in its pure form and as my followers number is closely reaching 100, I’ve decided to celebrate this by creating a little contest on Steemit with 5SBD to be won. Hurray!
Here are the rules:
In order to take part in the contest you will have to
- Resteem and Upvote this post
- Pick your favorite proverb from anywhere around the World.
- In the comments section of this post you will need to write it in the following order:
Original proverb: here you write the proverb in its original language
English translation: here you translate the proverb into English as accurately as you can
Country/Region of origin: here you write where exactly is the proverb from
Explanation of the wisdom: here in your own words you will explain why do you think this particular proverb is so powerful and what message it has for the rest of humanity.
Rules for prize giveaway:
There will be 2 lucky winners of 2.50SBD each chosen randomly from all participants. Deadline for comment submissions is 23:59GMT @ 8th April 2018. Only one entry per account is permitted. Tranfers of SBD to winners will be made on the 9th April 2018 from my account.
Here is an example of successful entry:
Original Proverb: Gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy.
English translation: When the human is in a hurry, the devil is happy
Country of origin: Poland
Explanation of the wisdom: I can honestly say that most bad things happen to us when we hurry. Whether it’s a car accident, something important you forget to take or you simply act to quickly because you are overexcited. Remaining calm in the stressful situations isn’t easy but in my opinion hurrying very often leads to bad negative outcomes.
I hope that you will enjoy this contest a lot and hopefully we will all learn something new by the end of the day.
Good Luck
There will also be an Extra 1SBD award for the comment with the largest amount of upvotes.
Enjoy!
Thank you all very much for participating in my contest!
Congratulations for 2 random winners: @aura.connect & @okahjul who both won 2.50SBD each.
Also Congratulations for @queen1234 who won 1SBD for the largest amount of upvotes received.
Here is the proof of transfers:
Peace!
Thank you so much! 😍😘😘☺
Thanks @marczanto 👍👍👍
Original Proverb: Knowledge is like a garden,If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
English Translation: Knowledge is like a garden,If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
Country of Origin: Africa
Explanation of the wisdom: If you don’t make efforts to acquire knowledge then you would not expect to have it and if you do not put the knowledge you have to use, you cannot expect to gain anything from it.
Original proverb : ìsé lóògùn ìsé
English translation : hard work is the antidote of poverty
Country of origin : Nigeria (Yoruba)
Explanation of the wisdom : It simply means if you work hard with alot of dedication poverty will be eradicated from your life , this is applicable to many people who dont really want to do anything but earn free money , some even will continue to pray to be rich and pray for blessing without working , all those that are in high places today and that history has their names have put so much effort in working hard ,tirelessly to achieve their dreams this proverb is thereby explaning to us that one can also make it through hardwork,dedication and alot of seriousness
True talk
Thanks
Nice proverb
Agreed
Great
Thanks
Original Proverb:It is the way the elephant feels the weigh of it's head that the ant feels the weight of it's own head.
English Translation: It is the way the elephant feels the weight of it's head that the ant feels the weight of it's own head.
Country of Origin: Nigeria, Igbo
Explanation of Proverb Do not presume your problems are more than the next person's, each person has their own challenges.
Original proverb: obo hirue rueh kowho i wo mo kpain higabo
English Translation: The usefulness of axe that is why it carried on the shoulder
Country of Origin: Urhobo language Nigeria
Explanation of Wisdom: Value is reciprocal, the value you give to a person, is as a result of the value you will get or you have gotten from the person. So this is an advice to give back value, respect, honour to people, places or courses that you have gotten or will get it from
Original proverb - kokoro tin je efo, idi efo Lo n gbe.
Translation - the insect that destroy a vegetable lives on it..
Country of origin - Nigeria
Explanation of the wisdom- the person that can hurt you is Someone that is very close to you...
Original proverb: Paēdis izsalkušo nesaprot.
English translation: The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.
Country of origin: Latvia
Explanation of wisdom: This could be said about Latvian politicians who does everything to benefit themselves and not the people.
Original Proverb:The lizard that jumped from the high Iroko tree to the ground told it would praise itself if no one else did.
English Translation:The lizard that jumped from the high Iroko tree to the ground told it would praise itself if no one else did.
Country of Origin: Africa
Explanation of the wisdom: It means that a person must always stay happy about his or her achievements even if nobody cares.
Original Proverb: When the going gets tough, the tough get going
English translation: When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Country of origin: America but it is has been attributed both to Joseph P. Kennedy (1888–1969) father of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and sometimes to Norwegian-born American football player and coach Knute Rockne (1888–1931).]
Explanation of the wisdom: That when something is hard, you don't just quit you stick to it and see it through. anything can be possible if you try.
thanks for such a cool contest, can't wait to see all the proverbs
Original Proverb: رگ رگے چهو خون پکا
English translation: Blood is thicker than water.
Country of origin: Kashmir in India.
Explanation of the wisdom
Real sympathy lies in blood relations.At times people feel to have blessed with friends, classmates, jobmates, roomates, hostelmates etc and they seem to be too much sympathetic but time has proven the fact that when you really need symapthy or you need persistant sympathy, at that times only your blood relations viz dad, mom, bro, sister etc are the real soul soothers.