Hoy 22 de septiembre se celebra el “Día de la Independencia” en Bulgaria.
Lo curioso del caso es que muchos Búlgaros están despistados con el tema porque el día de la liberación de la nación del yugo de lmperio Otomano fue el 3 de marzo de 1878; luego, ¿cómo es que aparece esta fecha que nunca antes se había celebrado?.
Podríamos pararnos a enumerar que Bulgaria ha estado bajo dominio Macedonio, Romano, Bizantino (bueno, antes los Hunos estuvieron haciendo de las suyas), Otomano (desde 1393-1396) y luego Ruso (tras cambiarse del bando alemán en la Segunda Guerra Mundial).
Hace pocos días una chica Búlgara me dijo una frase significativa: “Somos un pueblo de esclavos”. No estoy de acuerdo, pero lo que sí es cierto es que son un pueblo pequeño ubicado en muy mal sitio.
Si se bucea un poco en la historia se comprueba que el 22 de septiembre de 1908 Fernando de Saxo-Coburg, con el apoyo del imperio Austro-húngaro proclama la independencia de Bulgaria (que ya era independiente) derrocando al dictador Stambolov y proclamándose zar.
Este hecho no deja de ser relevante, pero su importancia es relativa respecto a otros sucesos de la historia de un país que hasta poco celebraba (y muchos lo siguen haciendo) la instauración del comunismo.
Los países cambian y las fiestas cambian.
La realidad es que hay que justificar 15 días festivos al año como sea.
Tomemos otro punto de vista: ¿Si para los Búlgaros es día de fiesta, es para los turcos día de luto?.
En España podemos celebrar el “Día de la Hispanidad” pero en Sudamérica lo que importan son los respectivos días de Independencia y los españoles, quita, quita… déjalos allá al otro lado del Atlántico.
¿Les hace gracia a los españoles que los Ingleses celebren trafalgar o a los ingleses que los estadounidenses celebren su independencia?
Tras esta reflexión que no deja de ser subjetiva, me gustaría resaltar otro hecho que resulta más inconveniente. Pongamos el ejemplo de llamar a Valencia:
-Oye!!! Que necesito unos avales.
-Pero que estamos toda la semana de fallas!!!
Esta situación, también se produce a la inversa obviamente. Cuando no es fiesta allá es fiesta acá. Es como un Jet-Lag laboral a nivel de días, no de horas.
En un mundo globalizado que trabaja en red, esta descoordinación produce fallos y retrasos muchas veces no previstos. Yo les llamo con el término de ingeniería de “pérdidas de carga”.
El sistema trabaja con una tensión o una presión pero hay “pérdidas de carga”, y esas fugas de tiempo son fugas económicas que a nivel mundial seguro que tienen una repercusión nada desdeñable.
¿No podríamos beber cervezas para celebrar aquel Santo Patrón junto al “Día de la Hispanidad” y la “oktober-fest” todo a la vez? ¿No se podrían coordinar más las fiestas en todos los países (hasta cierto punto, tampoco la Navidad con el Ramadán)?
Por otro lado, parafraseando a los franceses, qué bonita es la diferencia!!
Y si se pierde dinero con la descoordinación, ni nos imaginamos cuánto dinero se gana explotando la diferencia!!!
miércoles, 22 de septiembre de 2010
"INDEPENDENCE DAY": World Day of incoordination.
Today September 22nd is the celebration in Bulgaria of the nation´s "Independence Day" .
The strange thing is that many Bulgarians are confused because the day of the liberation of the nation from the Ottoman Empire was the March 3rd, 1878.
Then, how is appearing this date has never before been celebrated ?.
We could enumerate that Bulgaria has been under Macedonian rule, Roman, Byzantine (well, before that, the Huns were making their own mess), Ottoman (from 1393-1396) and then Russian (after they changed from the German side in World War II) .
A few days ago a Bulgarian girl told me a significant sentence: "We are a nation of slaves." I disagree, but it´s certain that they are a too few people located in a very bad place.
If you dive a bit in history, You can find that the in September 22nd, 1908 Ferdinand I Saxo-Coburg, with support from the Austro-Hungarian empire proclaims the independence of Bulgaria (which was already independent) overthrowing the dictator Stambolov and proclaiming tsar himself.
This fact is still relevant, but its importance is relative to other events of the history of a country that until recently celebrate (and many people still do) the establishment of communism.
Countries change and events are changed.
The reality is that 15 days must be justified as public holidays per year.
Take another point of view: If for the Bulgarians is holiday, is for the Turks a day of mourning?.
In Spain we celebrate "Columbus Day" or “The Hispanic Day” but in South America what matters is the respective day of Independence and Spain….. Well keep Spain out there, across the Atlantic Ocean.
Would Spaniards be amused for the celebration of Trafalgar or english people as well, for the north American “Independence day” celebration?
After pointing this, I would like to highlight another fact that is most inconvenient. Take the example of calling Valencia:
-Hey! I need some bank guarantees.
-But we are in “Fallas” we have the whole week of celebrations and days off!
This situation also occurs in reverse of course. When there is not holiday in Valencia, we have it here. It is like a Jet-Lag at the level of work days, not hours.
In this globalized world that works like network, this lack of coordination produces failures and delays often not provided. I call them them with the engineering term "Charge Losses."
The system works with certain power or pressure but there are "charge losses", and these leaks have globally a big economic.
We could drink beer to celebrate the local Saint, "Columbus Day" and "oktober-fest" all at once. Most countries could coordinate. Well, not Christmas with Ramadan, of course.
On the other hand, to paraphrase the French, how beautiful is the difference!
And if you lose money with the lack of coordination, we can not imagine how much money is earned by exploiting the difference!
The strange thing is that many Bulgarians are confused because the day of the liberation of the nation from the Ottoman Empire was the March 3rd, 1878.
Then, how is appearing this date has never before been celebrated ?.
We could enumerate that Bulgaria has been under Macedonian rule, Roman, Byzantine (well, before that, the Huns were making their own mess), Ottoman (from 1393-1396) and then Russian (after they changed from the German side in World War II) .
A few days ago a Bulgarian girl told me a significant sentence: "We are a nation of slaves." I disagree, but it´s certain that they are a too few people located in a very bad place.
If you dive a bit in history, You can find that the in September 22nd, 1908 Ferdinand I Saxo-Coburg, with support from the Austro-Hungarian empire proclaims the independence of Bulgaria (which was already independent) overthrowing the dictator Stambolov and proclaiming tsar himself.
This fact is still relevant, but its importance is relative to other events of the history of a country that until recently celebrate (and many people still do) the establishment of communism.
Countries change and events are changed.
The reality is that 15 days must be justified as public holidays per year.
Take another point of view: If for the Bulgarians is holiday, is for the Turks a day of mourning?.
In Spain we celebrate "Columbus Day" or “The Hispanic Day” but in South America what matters is the respective day of Independence and Spain….. Well keep Spain out there, across the Atlantic Ocean.
Would Spaniards be amused for the celebration of Trafalgar or english people as well, for the north American “Independence day” celebration?
After pointing this, I would like to highlight another fact that is most inconvenient. Take the example of calling Valencia:
-Hey! I need some bank guarantees.
-But we are in “Fallas” we have the whole week of celebrations and days off!
This situation also occurs in reverse of course. When there is not holiday in Valencia, we have it here. It is like a Jet-Lag at the level of work days, not hours.
In this globalized world that works like network, this lack of coordination produces failures and delays often not provided. I call them them with the engineering term "Charge Losses."
The system works with certain power or pressure but there are "charge losses", and these leaks have globally a big economic.
We could drink beer to celebrate the local Saint, "Columbus Day" and "oktober-fest" all at once. Most countries could coordinate. Well, not Christmas with Ramadan, of course.
On the other hand, to paraphrase the French, how beautiful is the difference!
And if you lose money with the lack of coordination, we can not imagine how much money is earned by exploiting the difference!
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