According to the time and the times, in a few moments the hymn was a poetic or musical composition that was used in ancient times to praise a particular god or some other representation to which honors, tributes were wanted or just thank him for something, then he became one of the most important poetic genres within classical Greco-Latin literature and in others, how can it be nowadays, it refers to the solemn musical composition destined to exalt and remember the patriotism of a nation and that generally had its origin in times of war or armed conflicts with other countries.
A hymn can be read but obviously accompanied by music it will achieve a greater feeling among those who listen to it.
Among the main characteristics that a hymn must have to have the entity of such, are: that the verses are organized in stanzas, present rhymes, a chorus or chorus that is going to be repeated between the stanzas, the central theme must revolve around to a character, element, value or special event, solemn tone, use of literary figures to give it greater poetic expressiveness that awakens the emotionality of the recipients and must represent the feelings of a group of people.
Nowadays it is very common for each country to sing its corresponding on the occasion of national holidays, sporting events between nations, such as the soccer world cup, at rallies or political events of the various political groups.
In the case of sport, in recent years, several voices have been raised demanding that the anthem no longer be played before a game since it encourages division even more and puts questions of country and nationalism at stake than in a match. Sports have nothing to do, since what is discussed in it is a primacy or superiority in sport that they do not understand and have nothing to do in matters of political rivalries, for example.
