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101 Eesti vana aja asja
Hõbesõlg, kannel, ohvrikivi, rehemaja, veimevakk, kapsaraud – milline on nende ja veel kümnete asjade lugu ja saatus, kuidas on need kujundanud eestlaste elu ja olu, millised neist on lõplikult unustuse hõlma vajunud ja millised on ärganud taas uuele elule?
Raamatus „101 Eesti vana aja asja” annab Eesti Rahva Muuseumi teadur Piret Õunapuu kaasahaarava ülevaate valitud asjade tekkeloost ja sellest, mida nad läbi aegade on eestlaste jaoks tähendanud.
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Raamatus „101 Eesti vana aja asja” annab Eesti Rahva Muuseumi teadur Piret Õunapuu kaasahaarava ülevaate valitud asjade tekkeloost ja sellest, mida nad läbi aegade on eestlaste jaoks tähendanud.
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214 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2015
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April 10, 2015
Jätkan siis vana aja radade peal. Tegu oli väärt lugemisega ning kui mul vaba raha on, siis hea meelega ma ka ostaksin antud raamatu. Põhjuseid on mitmeid. Esiteks on tegu huvitava lugemisega iseendale. Kuigi ma pean ennast laia silmaringiga inimeseks, oli ikkagi raamatus mitmeid asju, millest ma polnud kuulnudki. Kärbsepüüdja on üks nendest. Selle võtaks kohe hea meelega endagi koju. Teiseks, sest tegu on meie ajalooga ja ma pean oluliseks seda, et me vähemalt teaksime, mis meie ajaloos toimunud on ja mitte ainult siis sündmused, vaid ka esemed - mis olid meie esivanemate jaoks olulised ning miks. Kolmandaks, sest see on huvitav riiulist võtmise raamat ning ka hetkelise sirvimisega võib palju targemaks saada. Nii et kõik lapsed, täiskasvanud ja muidu külalised, kes mu riiulis antud raamatud näevad - võtke ja sirvige!
June 17, 2015
“101 Eesti vana aja asja” (101 Estonian Old Time Things) by Piret Õunapuu, a curator at the Estonian National Museum, is part of the "101 Estonian…" series which is available from the Estonian publishers Varrak . Fifteen volumes from this continuing series have been issued to date, covering various topics in Estonian art, culture, sport, history and wildlife. Each of these are by experts in each particular field, as is the case with this present volume.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book that is full of old time trivia. Some of the old time things are actually still current and are common to many societies. These are items such as “jalgratas” (bicycle), “mustikas” (blueberry) and “õlu” (beer), where the text talks about the item’s particular Estonian usage. The more fascinating items are those which are unique to Estonian culture such as the house/field gods/figurines "Peko”, "Tõnn" and “tuhkapoiss” (ash boy) or the house protecting “unkaauk” (attic hole). There are also curiosities such as the “paistu sukkad” (swollen socks), from a time when a woman’s possible aptitude as a life partner was partly measured by the sturdiness and width of her ankles, young women would actually wear these socks that provided for additional artificial stuffing!
Of course you will find standards such as the “külakiik” (village swing) and “suitsusaun” (smoke sauna). And the standard folk instruments such as the “parmupill" (jaw harp) “kannel” (zither) and “torupill” (bagpipe). But there are many more obscure things to discover and that is the joy of it.
A few minor quibbles. The book doesn’t seem to be in any sort of subject, chronological or alphabetical order so it feels a bit random, but that does add to the discovery element. Also, on pg. 176 the sentence at the bottom of the page is cut off and you never find out how the subject “vineer kohver” (plywood suitcase) ends.
You can see the Table of Contents and samples of several of the “old time things” at a pdf file at http://www.varrak.ee/product/16750/?c... as well as some video interviews with the author.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book that is full of old time trivia. Some of the old time things are actually still current and are common to many societies. These are items such as “jalgratas” (bicycle), “mustikas” (blueberry) and “õlu” (beer), where the text talks about the item’s particular Estonian usage. The more fascinating items are those which are unique to Estonian culture such as the house/field gods/figurines "Peko”, "Tõnn" and “tuhkapoiss” (ash boy) or the house protecting “unkaauk” (attic hole). There are also curiosities such as the “paistu sukkad” (swollen socks), from a time when a woman’s possible aptitude as a life partner was partly measured by the sturdiness and width of her ankles, young women would actually wear these socks that provided for additional artificial stuffing!
Of course you will find standards such as the “külakiik” (village swing) and “suitsusaun” (smoke sauna). And the standard folk instruments such as the “parmupill" (jaw harp) “kannel” (zither) and “torupill” (bagpipe). But there are many more obscure things to discover and that is the joy of it.
A few minor quibbles. The book doesn’t seem to be in any sort of subject, chronological or alphabetical order so it feels a bit random, but that does add to the discovery element. Also, on pg. 176 the sentence at the bottom of the page is cut off and you never find out how the subject “vineer kohver” (plywood suitcase) ends.
You can see the Table of Contents and samples of several of the “old time things” at a pdf file at http://www.varrak.ee/product/16750/?c... as well as some video interviews with the author.
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