Karjalaisen nuorisoliiton Martta Tiainen Debroek ihailee Ainoa, joka oli todellinen boss lady ja sanoi "Ei".
Martta Tiainen Debroek from the The Karelian Youth League admires Aino, who was a real boss lady and said "No".
"I think that if the Kalevala is brought into the present day and I choose a character who represents the values that I feel are important, I will definitely choose Aino. Aino's story begins with Aino's brother deciding to give her away in marriage to a guy that Aino really doesn't want to marry, just because her brother lost a little argument. I think this is a good illustration of the situation in which so many people have had to live for centuries, and unfortunately so many women still have to live today. The situation is that someone else makes decisions for you that affect your life. And someone else tells you what you can be and what you can do. I find the idea really horrible, and I think it's really great that Aino said 'No' to this. What happens to Aino later on, and how the story actually ends, is not necessarily a classic happy end. But even so, because Aino had the courage to say that this is no good, and had the courage to act in such a way that she could live the kind of life she wants to live, Aino is, in my mind, a real boss lady, and therefore definitely the most interesting character in the Kalevala."
2 окт 2024
