Martina Aitolehte and the party party are accused of cultural appropriation on social media.
Martina Aitolehti has become known, among other things, from reality shows. Pete Anikari
Wellness influencer Martina Aitolehti turned 40 on July 16 and is currently celebrating her birthday in Ibiza. Sara Sieppi, Sabina Särkkä, Eevi Teittinen, Noora FagerströmSuvi Pitkänen and Mari Valosaari.
Aitolehti and his friends have been frequently updating pictures and videos from Ibiza on Instagram. The attention of social media followers was especially drawn to the videos published on Saturday, in which Aitolehti and part of the party celebrate wearing feather headdresses.
– Today is the theme of Burning Man. The girls have arranged everything for me as a surprise, Aitolehti specified on their social media.
Disapprove
In social media, a heated discussion immediately started about headgear, which was considered a cultural property. Cultural appropriation means when a person belonging to the dominant population adopts elements from cultures oppressed by the dominant culture.
At least there was a discussion on the topic in the chat app Jodel and Reddit.
– I thought that lessons had been learned from the Miss Helsinki scandal, but no.
– I thought that there is quite a large group of them there. Didn’t it occur to anyone to say that maybe you could have a party without these?
– I was here in my own corner and imagined that these kinds of things were left for somewhere in 2009.
– I can not understand. How dumb someone must have been to still not understand not to do that. Actually, even my 90-year-old grandmother knows.
It is not the first time that Aitolehti has received criticism for feather headdresses. In 2017, the Miss Helsinki competition piloted by Aitolehti caused a stir when the miss candidates were photographed wearing feather headdresses.