Everybody has a right to his own culture
Poster
1989 (designed and printed)
1989 (designed and printed)
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“Small nations, too, need protection”, commented poster designer Enn Kärmas on the underlying idea for this poster.
The poster features the silver adornment worn by a woman in Setu folk costume – a large conical brooch, surrounded by chains of silver coins and pieces. Such ornamental abundance is unique in Estonia.
The Setu people are a small ethnic minority living in South-East Estonia. For centuries, they have lived between two worlds with Orthodox Russia in the east and formerly Catholic, but now Lutheran, Estonia in the west. The language, customs and folk costumes of the Setu people have influences from both sides. Above all, however, they have kept their own regional distinctiveness. The Setu language is one of many South-Estonian dialects and is not usually understood by people from North-Estonia. The Setu folk costumes bear both Russian and ‘Fenno-Ugric’ elements (the term ‘Fnno-Ugric’ describes the Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian languages and the cultures in which they have been spoken). Setu culture was in decline in the 1980s and symbolised a potentially dark future for Estonians and Estonian culture under Soviet rule.
In September 2009 the Setu style of singing, leelo, was included to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The poster features the silver adornment worn by a woman in Setu folk costume – a large conical brooch, surrounded by chains of silver coins and pieces. Such ornamental abundance is unique in Estonia.
The Setu people are a small ethnic minority living in South-East Estonia. For centuries, they have lived between two worlds with Orthodox Russia in the east and formerly Catholic, but now Lutheran, Estonia in the west. The language, customs and folk costumes of the Setu people have influences from both sides. Above all, however, they have kept their own regional distinctiveness. The Setu language is one of many South-Estonian dialects and is not usually understood by people from North-Estonia. The Setu folk costumes bear both Russian and ‘Fenno-Ugric’ elements (the term ‘Fnno-Ugric’ describes the Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian languages and the cultures in which they have been spoken). Setu culture was in decline in the 1980s and symbolised a potentially dark future for Estonians and Estonian culture under Soviet rule.
In September 2009 the Setu style of singing, leelo, was included to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Political poster, Estonia ca 1990. RF 90/1332 |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given by Kevin Propbert |
| Summary | “Small nations, too, need protection”, commented poster designer Enn Kärmas on the underlying idea for this poster. The poster features the silver adornment worn by a woman in Setu folk costume – a large conical brooch, surrounded by chains of silver coins and pieces. Such ornamental abundance is unique in Estonia. The Setu people are a small ethnic minority living in South-East Estonia. For centuries, they have lived between two worlds with Orthodox Russia in the east and formerly Catholic, but now Lutheran, Estonia in the west. The language, customs and folk costumes of the Setu people have influences from both sides. Above all, however, they have kept their own regional distinctiveness. The Setu language is one of many South-Estonian dialects and is not usually understood by people from North-Estonia. The Setu folk costumes bear both Russian and ‘Fenno-Ugric’ elements (the term ‘Fnno-Ugric’ describes the Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian languages and the cultures in which they have been spoken). Setu culture was in decline in the 1980s and symbolised a potentially dark future for Estonians and Estonian culture under Soviet rule. In September 2009 the Setu style of singing, leelo, was included to the UNESCO World Heritage List. |
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| Accession number | E.99-1991 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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