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National anthem is basically a musical composition which evokes the traditions, history and struggles of the people of that particular nation. Generally the government of the nation recognizes the particular musical composition as the official national song of the country. East Timor also has its own national anthem which also evokes its history and struggles of the people for independence. The national anthem of East Timor was first adopted in the year 1975. After that in the same year it was replaced and then again restored in the year 2002. The national anthem of East Timor was written by Fransisco Borja da Costa. Borja da Costa, the author of East Timor's national anthem was killed in the attack of Indonesia. The composer of East Timor's national anthem is Afonso de Araujo.
The Democratic Republic of East Timor is a country located in Southeast Asia. It is located in the eastern part of the half of the Timor Island and it is surrounded by many other islands like island of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno. East Timor was colonized by Portugal in the sixteenth century. East Timor was occupied by Indonesia in 1975. After that following the 1999 UN-sponsored act of self-determination in 1975, Indonesia gave up control of East Timor and it became the first new sovereign state on May 20, 2002. The national anthem of East Timor is as follows:
"Nation! Nation!
East Timor our Nation!
Glory to our people and ours hero!
For our liberation!"
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