Kazakhstan slams Kuwait over 'Borat' anthem

Mar 25, 2012 - 18:09
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Kazakhstan slams Kuwait over 'Borat' anthem
Kazakhstan slams Kuwait over 'Borat' anthem

Kazakhstan's shooting team demanded an apology from Kuwait after a spoof national anthem from the satirical movie \"Borat\" was played at a medal ceremony instead of the official version.

The blunder took place as Maria Dmitrienko stood on top of the podium to celebrate her gold medal performance.

But instead of the Kazkah national anthem, Dmitrienko had to listen to the song used in the 2006 smash hit film \"Borat: Cultural Leaings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.\"

The film, made by British comic Sacha Baron Cohen, portrayed the country as a hotbed of backward quasi-mediaeval racists who drink horse urine and indulge in incest.

Red-faced organizers in Kuwait apologized for the embarrassing oversight before restaging the medal ceremony, this time with the correct version of the Kazakhstan anthem.

Kazakhstan's foreign office told local media that they were investigating the incident to avoid any similar errors in the future.

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