The world is cosmopolitan nowadays; some people call it a global village The media, music, fashion and film industries are great parts of the life of the young adults We all know that media and pop culture influence people. So, we can be sure that some pop icons have an effect on the teens in Estonia as well as teens on Reunion Island. But who? And how?
Young adults are open-minded and due to that they receive different influences all over the world. We can be sure that in different corners of the world the teenagers experience the same fashion, music, films etc differently. Probably they value different aspects of the same things or the message is differently perceived.
Isn’t it interesting to know if the same phenomena in culture or fashion are valued among the teens in Estonia and on Reunion Island?
Our background seems to be very different. Estonia is situated in the north of Europe. We speak Estonian which is spoken only by a million people. The greatest influencers of our culture have been the countries who had occupied our small country during the centuries. The most important are Germany, Sweden and Russia. The project enables us to introduce our culture to people who live far away.
We can be sure that young people have looked up to different performers for a long time. They want to copy the fashion they wear and imitate the manners they have.
At the beginning of the 20th century when the Hollywood did not influence us and the world wide pop culture was not developed, the local idols were the only ones. After the Soviet occupation we lost the touch with rest of Europe and the idols were forced by the Soviet ideology. So, young people were forced to imitate Russian war and work heroes. Our grandfathers and grandmothers did not know James Dean or were not allowed to listen to the pop and rock music. Now there are no borders. Sometimes it seems that all the information from all over the world buries our own culture. Or does it? Let’s find out!
The pictures included show three famous singers and actors. The first is Paul Pinna (1884-1949) who was a legendary actor and showman in Tallinn.
In the second picture is Georg Ots (1920-1975), also singer and actor but his talent reached over the boarders. He was loved in Moscow as well in Finland and some other European countries. A musical, which told his quite complicate life story, was performed in Tallinn and probably in September we can watch a film, which is based on his life. We can be sure that he is still an idol for young opera and musical singers because of his great talent.
Anne Veski is also a singer and like Georg Ots well known in Russia. She was one of the best known Estonian singers in the 80s having an enormous audience in Russia. She seems to be the only diva in Estonia and she is still a great star in Russia.
Young adults are open-minded and due to that they receive different influences all over the world. We can be sure that in different corners of the world the teenagers experience the same fashion, music, films etc differently. Probably they value different aspects of the same things or the message is differently perceived.
Isn’t it interesting to know if the same phenomena in culture or fashion are valued among the teens in Estonia and on Reunion Island?
Our background seems to be very different. Estonia is situated in the north of Europe. We speak Estonian which is spoken only by a million people. The greatest influencers of our culture have been the countries who had occupied our small country during the centuries. The most important are Germany, Sweden and Russia. The project enables us to introduce our culture to people who live far away.
We can be sure that young people have looked up to different performers for a long time. They want to copy the fashion they wear and imitate the manners they have.
At the beginning of the 20th century when the Hollywood did not influence us and the world wide pop culture was not developed, the local idols were the only ones. After the Soviet occupation we lost the touch with rest of Europe and the idols were forced by the Soviet ideology. So, young people were forced to imitate Russian war and work heroes. Our grandfathers and grandmothers did not know James Dean or were not allowed to listen to the pop and rock music. Now there are no borders. Sometimes it seems that all the information from all over the world buries our own culture. Or does it? Let’s find out!
The pictures included show three famous singers and actors. The first is Paul Pinna (1884-1949) who was a legendary actor and showman in Tallinn.
In the second picture is Georg Ots (1920-1975), also singer and actor but his talent reached over the boarders. He was loved in Moscow as well in Finland and some other European countries. A musical, which told his quite complicate life story, was performed in Tallinn and probably in September we can watch a film, which is based on his life. We can be sure that he is still an idol for young opera and musical singers because of his great talent.
Anne Veski is also a singer and like Georg Ots well known in Russia. She was one of the best known Estonian singers in the 80s having an enormous audience in Russia. She seems to be the only diva in Estonia and she is still a great star in Russia.
Eesi Rosenberg
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