Cultural Appropriation

[Blondie]

Ancient Greek Culture was very influential, but those that used elements of the ancient Greek culture, never denied it was Greek. Cultural appropriation is not that, cultural appropriation is shameless theft, knowingly stealing somebody else's culture and selling it to the world as your own. I will speak about the case of Moldova where Moldovan culture is without any shame sold as Hungarian, Jewish or Ukrainian.

Hungarians all the time sell albums with Moldovan folklore as Hungarian folklore. Sometimes they sell even Valahian, Oltenian and Dobrogean folklore from Romania as Hungarian. Something is very wrong about the Hungarian horde, it must be the blood of their nomadic ancestors. There is an episode of the Hungarian cartoon series Hungarian Folk Tales, called The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl. Now that is a well known tale by the Moldovan author Ion Creangă called "The Old Man's Daughter and the Old Woman's Daughter" not only that, but the characters are dressed in Moldovan traditional clothing from Ion Creangă's area. Yet not any mention of this, It is just presented to the world in English as a Hungarian folk tale, Hungarian culture. That is cultural appropriation.

Shameless theft. I don't think anybody can lower itself more than this.

"The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl" is a medieval hungarian folk tale, it's not from Ion Creangă who lived in 19. century lol

[frankhammer]

bad teeth was appropriated from the British..

We all can't be perfect man. Look at David, great bod and face, tiny pecker...

[Bosniensis]

What culture has been appropriated the most in the history of the world?

Cultural Appropriation
the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.

Most appropriation comes from lack of knowledge.

Greek appropriation of Byzantine Empire for Example.

Greek Orthodox Priest once said: "Turks rule over Bithynia, Bithynia was always ours"

Thing is Bithynians were never Greeks nor they spoke Greek but adopted it later as a community in Roman Empire, everyone had to know either Greek or Latin.

Bithynians were Bulgarians.

I laughed when I heard that priest but lack of education is a common problem nowdays especially when Balkan history and Anatolian history is concerned.

[Epirus DNA]

Most appropriation comes from lack of knowledge.

Greek appropriation of Byzantine Empire for Example.

Greek Orthodox Priest once said: "Turks rule over Bithynia, Bithynia was always ours"

Thing is Bithynians were never Greeks nor they spoke Greek but adopted it later as a community in Roman Empire, everyone had to know either Greek or Latin.

Bithynians were Bulgarians.

I laughed when I heard that priest but lack of education is a common problem nowdays especially when Balkan history and Anatolian history is concerned.

You're 16.6% Greek. What came first.. the chicken or the egg?

[artsi]

What really grinds my gears is the Greek Letter LAMBDA being used as an A in logos etc

As far as I know both the letter and the name lambda are from the Phoenicians and it meant to represent a shepherd staff.

[Bosniensis]

You're 16.6% Greek. What came first.. the chicken or the egg?

We are Thracians, Illyrians that mixed with Slavs.

Who was first in Greece, Thracians or Hellenes? Who mined gold in Thasos when there wasn't a single Hellene on Greek peninsula?

Learn your history properly then try to push others around.

[Epirus DNA]

As far as I know both the letter and the name lambda are from the Phoenicians and it meant to represent a shepherd staff.

Tell that to the Spartans. It's actually the oldest symbol on the planet for Man, representing a Phallus.

[Bosniensis]

Who is appropriating Balkan History here? Greeks or Balkaners?




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Roman Soldier 6th century A.D.

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[Epirus DNA]

We are Thracians, Illyrians that mixed with Slavs.

Who was first in Greece, Thracians or Hellenes? Who mined gold in Thasos when there wasn't a single Hellene on Greek peninsula?

Learn your history properly then try to push others around.

The Proto-Greeks and Dorians are from Epirus. My people existed way way way before you

[artsi]

"The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl" is a medieval hungarian folk tale, it's not from Ion Creangă who lived in 19. century lol

Medieval? You have any proofs for that? The fact that they are dressed in Moldovan clothes is the proof that it is Creang's story. Hungarians regularly go to the Romanian Moldova and under pretext they are gathering Csango culture, as the Csango's have a Moldovan/Romanian culture, they simply steal Moldovan and Romanian culture selling it after as Hungarian. In some cases, the Csangos just reproduce what they learned from Schools or hear from radio and that's how even folklore from Oltenia or Dobrogea end up as Hungarian culture. And not even folklore, in some case songs with a known author. In this case it is not a folk tale, but a tale written by Creangă and thought is schools in Romania for more than 100 years.