14/06: "Årsmøde" in Ascheffel
Posted by: johanneswilm
Update : The video below has been replaced by a better edited version in which one actually can read the subtitles. (Sep 16, 2007)
By coincidence I am visiting my parents right now, when the Danish minority has its annual meeting (in Danish: "Årsmøde"). It lasted for three days, and I was back in Oslo the last day, so I decided to take my sister and shoot a little video of one of the celebrations in a tiny little village called "Ascheffel" (just far enough away for me not to run into old teachers from kindergarten, etc.). The resulting video has many flaws, amongst which are:
- The sound is not very good + you need to know both German AND Danish to make sense of it all. But then again, it's subtitled!
- There are quite a few references which don't make much sense to anyone who hasn't been there. (though look at the very bottom of this article)
Now I am putting the video up now nevertheless, because I know I will not have much time at a pc in the near future due to me travelling to Copenhagen tomorrow, then to Oslo from there and on Tuesday I'll be in Amsterdam for a week, before going back to Oslo. (and yes, I'm staying in my tent both in Amsterdam and Oslo). Anyways, for anyone who doesn't mind all these problems and is interested in a tiny documentary about the Danish minority in Germany from a critical perspective... enjoy the download!
Update: The anthropology sites Kansatieteilijän desktopilta (Finnish), sblog, Antropologi.info and Savageminds.org have linked the video.
Terms:
Zone 1,2,3: In 1920 elections were held whether the area of Schleswig should go back to Denmark. Zone 1 was the most northern zone. Zone 3 was the most southern zone. Zone 1 voted first, and they voted Danish. Zone 2 voted German and so elections were cancelled in zone 3. See also the map here.
Bismarck: Chancellor of Prussia 1862-1890. They put a statue of him on the hill Aschberg near Ascheffel. read more about him here.
The Border Society: Is the main organization in Denmark with local chapters all over the country that mobilizes support for the Danish minority. Because it is no longer normal to have huge flag parades, they instead have to participate in the ones in Southern Schleswig. Their website is here.
The Schleswig League: Is a minor, but more radical organization in Denmark that also mobilizes support for the Danish minority. Their original goal was to get the Southern Schleswig reunited with Denmark. Although they nowadays say that it is "unrealistic" to achieve that goal, their website still focuses a lot on it. The League does not receive government support fopr its support projects in Southern Schleswig. Instead they collect money from private individuals. Their website is here.
By coincidence I am visiting my parents right now, when the Danish minority has its annual meeting (in Danish: "Årsmøde"). It lasted for three days, and I was back in Oslo the last day, so I decided to take my sister and shoot a little video of one of the celebrations in a tiny little village called "Ascheffel" (just far enough away for me not to run into old teachers from kindergarten, etc.). The resulting video has many flaws, amongst which are:
- The sound is not very good + you need to know both German AND Danish to make sense of it all. But then again, it's subtitled!
- There are quite a few references which don't make much sense to anyone who hasn't been there. (though look at the very bottom of this article)
Now I am putting the video up now nevertheless, because I know I will not have much time at a pc in the near future due to me travelling to Copenhagen tomorrow, then to Oslo from there and on Tuesday I'll be in Amsterdam for a week, before going back to Oslo. (and yes, I'm staying in my tent both in Amsterdam and Oslo). Anyways, for anyone who doesn't mind all these problems and is interested in a tiny documentary about the Danish minority in Germany from a critical perspective... enjoy the download!
Update: The anthropology sites Kansatieteilijän desktopilta (Finnish), sblog, Antropologi.info and Savageminds.org have linked the video.
Terms:
Zone 1,2,3: In 1920 elections were held whether the area of Schleswig should go back to Denmark. Zone 1 was the most northern zone. Zone 3 was the most southern zone. Zone 1 voted first, and they voted Danish. Zone 2 voted German and so elections were cancelled in zone 3. See also the map here.
Bismarck: Chancellor of Prussia 1862-1890. They put a statue of him on the hill Aschberg near Ascheffel. read more about him here.
The Border Society: Is the main organization in Denmark with local chapters all over the country that mobilizes support for the Danish minority. Because it is no longer normal to have huge flag parades, they instead have to participate in the ones in Southern Schleswig. Their website is here.
The Schleswig League: Is a minor, but more radical organization in Denmark that also mobilizes support for the Danish minority. Their original goal was to get the Southern Schleswig reunited with Denmark. Although they nowadays say that it is "unrealistic" to achieve that goal, their website still focuses a lot on it. The League does not receive government support fopr its support projects in Southern Schleswig. Instead they collect money from private individuals. Their website is here.
mali lazell wrote:
1000 tak for en dejlig oplevelse.
maaske ved du at jeg er gaaet pa askfelt dansk skole og at mine foraeldre er tysker. og de taler ikke en skid dansk!!
tak for dit bidrag til diskussionen om det danske mindretal.
og tak for at jeg fik lov til at rejse tilbage i tiden og se min gamle laerer og min elskede skole.
jeg sender din film videre til en tysk veninde der laeser dansk i hamborg og skriver om mindretallet i sydslesvig.
jeg glaeder mig at se dig igen og snakke med dig om mindretals"problemet".
mange hilsner fra berlin fra mali, der baade foeler sig tysk og dansk, men har kun tysk pas!!