Dizelaši

Dizelaši (singular dizelaš) was an urban street youth sub-culture popular in the 1990s in Serbia. It has been described as a mainstream fashion and social subculture,[1] that of a working class, similar to the British chav, French racaille and Russian gopnik.[2] The French movie La Haine (1995) is often mentioned in relation to these subcultures.[3] It was characterized by turbo-folk,[1] hip-hop and dance music (such as Đogani),[1] designer clothes (such as Diesel), embroidered sweatshirts[1] and sportswear[2] (such as Nike Air Max[4] and Reebok Pump[2] shoes and Kappa[2] sweatsuits) and link chains.[1] Track jackets were tucked into the bottom pants which in turn were tucked into socks, as to conceal goods; it is said that legendary gangster Knele (1971–1992) popularised it, having used it as a tactic ensuring his gun would slide into his socks rather on the pavement when running from the police.[2]

It emerged in Belgrade in the late 1980s and became popular by 1992,[2] in a period of embargo on FR Yugoslavia following the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars. The youths were stereotyped as gangsters (also called mangupi), involved in illegal activities[1] such as fuel smuggling. The Russian counterpart is the Gopnik sub-culture, with which it is grouped together into "Post-Soviet fashion" that has become popular in recent years.[5][6] In contrast to the dizelaši, the opposing sub-culture was called padavičari, including hippies, rockers, metalheads and ravers. A typical dizelaš was seen as:

A youngster, short-cut [hair], in a track suit, with a gold chain around his neck, a mobile phone (possibly a good car), often tied to criminal activities.[7]

The resurge of the fashion has been dubbed Neodizelaši.[8] The 1995 documentary about Belgrade gangsters, Crime that Changed Serbia, is an icon of the culture.

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See also

References
  1. NOIZZ 2017.
  2. Vice 2016.
  3. Vice 2016, Highsnobiety 2017
  4. Vice 2016, NOIZZ 2017, "On To It Subcultures That Rep Nike Air Max". Oyster.
  5. Highsnobiety 2017.
  6. "KAD TE INSPIRIŠU RUSKI "DIZELAŠI" Želeli su da ih ismeju, ali stvorili nešto MNOGO VEĆE (VIDEO)". Blic.
  7. Софија Милорадовић (2012). Музички жаргон младих и молодежный музыкальный сленг : компаративни поглед. Etnografski institut SANU. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-86-7587-066-1. младић кратко подшишан, у тренерци, са златним ланцем око врата, има мобилни телефон (евентуално и добар ауто), често повезан са криминалним радњама“
  8. Popboks.

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