Estonian traditions vs Western capitalism by Liisa-Lii Tamme https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc How old traditions are surviving in the modern world en-us 2019-03-13 13:05:30 UTC 2024-12-01 01:34:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Nature vs corporation liisaliitamme https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340849689 Haabersti hõberemmelgas

Historically, Estonians have believed in the power of nature. Nowadays being close and in touch with nature labels you as a “treehugger” standing in the way of urban development. Traditional values are being replaced by western values. ]]> 2019-03-13 13:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340849689 Dialects https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851141 Nowadays we don't undersatnd our own language and especially its dialects clearly. It has been the place for conflict since translating the Bible. ]]> 2019-03-13 13:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851141 1. Work on fields. Everything was done with hands but nowadays technology has taken over people's workload. People were the workforce, now people use machines instead. https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851234 2019-03-13 13:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851234 Preserving traditional estonian folk costumes in modern fashion and jewelry https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851442  Estonian folk costumes have been around for a long time, many families had even personal costumes that have been in their families for decades. While being patriotic and fashionable many designers have modernised the costumes and jewelry so that everyone can be fashionable and represent their country at the same time. Nevertheless new fashion has new prospects and traditional clothing/jewelry can lose its importance and truthful meaning (for example clothes having different patterns based on people living in different counties). Jewelry: Lummus dandelion earrings
Fashion show: Moe Malle 2018


]]> 2019-03-13 13:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851442 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851926 2019-03-13 13:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340851926 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852104 2019-03-13 13:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852104 Estonglish https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852472 Younger generation uses more and more english slang in their everyday speaking. We even have a word for it - ESTONGLISH]]> 2019-03-13 13:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852472 Traditional celebration https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852617 National Song Festival has always been an important traditional celebration. During the festival the songs are performed by national choirs and dancing groups. Participants always wear traditional costumes and the performances are being accompanied by an orchestra.]]> 2019-03-13 13:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852617 1 ."Estonia Represent" https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852661 The day of Restoration of Independence clashes with an invasion of a western superstar. Robbie Williams sings Let Me Entertain You at the symbolic Song Festival Grounds , while the crowd kills two birds with one stone - celebrating being Estonian in a new way while consuming western entertainment. ]]> 2019-03-13 13:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340852661 2. Women working. In the old days women always worked on the field with men while also raising children. On modern world women can choose their role in society. For example they can focus on their career or decide to be housewives. There ś also mentality that women don't need to work if they have found a man who can provide for them. So women can choose over dependency or independency. https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340853637 2019-03-13 13:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340853637 Working during pregnancy. Nobody thought about their health or workload during pregnancy. Now there are very clear instructions from doctor what females are allowed to do or not. https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340853839 2019-03-13 13:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340853839 4. Broom vs vacuum cleaner. People cleaned after themselves. Nowadays there are cleaning facilities you its not necessary to do everything with your own hands. https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340853977 2019-03-13 13:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340853977 5. Nowadays people try to avoid hard work, there are conferences about how to get through life easier and how to lead other people. So the focus is not on actual work ethic but more about manipulation. Back in days everyone did their jobs on honest way its was honorable thing to work hard to get other people's respect. https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854071 2019-03-13 13:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854071 1 ."Estonia Represent" https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854221 Singing + Song Festival Grounds + No Robbie Williams. A different spin on celebrating what means to be Estonian at the 2014 Song Festival. (Video from the 2017 Song Festival) 

]]> 2019-03-13 13:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854221 Shrove Tuesday https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854296 Shrove Tuesday tradition includes a sledging competition. The one who sledges the furthest gets richer crop for the following year.]]> 2019-03-13 13:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854296 Traditional https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854492 People have changed their use of language. Nowadays most of people are singing folksongs while working. ]]> 2019-03-13 13:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340854492 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340855395 On Shrove Tuesday one of the traditions also involves eating seven times a day. The dishes range from porridge to baked beans and barley. A special dessert for children was considered a boiled pig's tail.

An interesting custom from way back had to do with marriage. Leftover bones were named after maidens of the house and afterwards the dog was invited in. Whichever bone the dog chose, the girl whose name was on it was to get married. 

Nowdays it is a tradition to eat buns with whipped cream and also pigs’ trotters with pea or bean soup.]]> 2019-03-13 13:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340855395 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340855606 2019-03-13 13:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340855606 Rain spell https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340855662 It is a usual estonian nation song but in a modern context. It is a spell. They make a lot of nature sounds which was common during the old times]]> 2019-03-13 13:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340855662 Video 1 - Robbie Williams https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340856366 2019-03-13 13:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340856366 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340856880 2019-03-13 13:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340856880 2. Alternative way to celebrate Song Festival https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340857371 Although, National Song Contest has always been a tradition, not everyone prefers sticking to traditions. For example, Estonian punks have their own annual Song Festival. During this very festival national choirs perform punk rock songs. Punk subculture, originating from countries such as the US, UK and Australia, is a clear western movement adapted into our culture scheme. ]]> 2019-03-13 13:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340857371 Halloween vs Mardipäev https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340858042  
The Mardipäev has been celebrated for centuries in Estonia, it marked the end of summer work and also the end of the time of souls. 
On the eve of the Mardipäev, people dressed in costumes, visited other families and wished them good luck with crop and cattle. 

Nowadays it is becoming more and more certain that this tradition is being followed, and perhaps even  replaced  by Halloween. 

Particularly in cities, children will wear a costume on the last day of October and ask for a door to door: "Trick or treat?"

What are differences between those two holidays nowdays?
]]> 2019-03-13 13:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340858042 Video 2 - Song Festival 2017 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340858478 2019-03-13 13:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340858478 Valentine's Day and Friend's Day https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340859595 Both is celebrated on February 14th, but when the Valentine's Day is usually celebrated by the whole world, only Finland and Estonia celebrate Friend's Day. In Estonia, it has been celebrated for the last 38 years.]]> 2019-03-13 13:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340859595 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860101 2019-03-13 13:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860101 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860118 Valentine's Day is a day of love and it is mainly celebrated by couples, giving gifts such as candy or flowers, traditionally red roses.]]> 2019-03-13 13:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860118 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860621 Friend's Day focuses on friends and loved ones. Although many gifts are also given, they do not have a romantic idea, but rather to give thanks to friends. ]]> 2019-03-13 13:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860621 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860842 2019-03-13 13:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340860842 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340861573 2019-03-13 13:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340861573 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340862598 2019-03-13 13:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340862598 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340863806 2019-03-13 13:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/340863806 Women's Day https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/341934864 Women's Day was a public holiday in the Soviet Union. In the 90s in Estonia, the day was  treated with mockery and parodies.

However, at the end of the decade, the day became topical again. Once again, it is common to bring flowers to friends and colleagues.]]> 2019-03-15 21:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/341934864 https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/341942686 2019-03-15 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/liisaliitamme/sdxx9vsszhfc/wish/341942686