Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Kids in "Estonianity"

Girls playing




The thought, that our youth is wasted, faded the moment I saw two little girls singing Estonian anthem and “Stay free, Estonian sea”. This heart-warming incident took place in Juku’s playground in Tartu, on the fifth of April 17, 2007 at Linda’s birthday, who now is already seven years old. Ohhoo, there were so many children.

In the middle of their games I managed to ask them a few questions, although the presumption, that any of them would know anything about the EU, seemed quite improbable. Albeit an eight-year-old Vidrik sum it up compactly: “Well, it’s some kind of a society. Didn’t you know that?” The birthday kid said: “I don’t know… It’s a place where my daddy works.”

I only heard a consentaneous “YES!” when I asked my second question: “Do you like to live in Estonia?” Loona-Paula also mentioned the reason: “Everybody speaks Estonian here!” If I told her, that not all the people here speak our language, she said: “Yes, they don’t keep Estonian clean.”

Kirke and Eva-Liisa praised Estonia, because they are born here and it’s “very comfy” to be here.

Linda was assured: “I like Estonia the most, because Estonian flag, coat of arms and language are the most beautiful in the world. I would certainly not like to live anywhere else, cause others have uglier flags and languages.
Girls singing and laughing
It is a fortune in consideration of our globalization, that some parents bring their children up in the Spirit of Estonia and their children are Estonians from childhood on. This fact shows that Estonianity doesn’t vanish anywhere even due to the globalization and the EU is more like a conservator for Natives, rather than the creator of a European.

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