Ultimate guide to the gopnik of different countries

When traveling abroad, Russian tourists sometimes decide that in other countries they are exceptionally intelligent, friendly, stylishly dressed law-abiding citizens. Have you ever seen a gopnik in Japan? No? In fact, you only missed them because you didn't know what they looked like. 

From this material, you will learn who to fear or, on the contrary, next to whom you can squat down and talk for life abroad.

1. Chav (England)

Distinctive feature: sharp accent.

Favorite drink: Carling.

Favorite music: Lady Sovereign, Basshunter.

Let's start with the classics. "Chav" comes from the Romani word "chavvi", which means"child". As a rule, these are representatives of disadvantaged families who live on unemployment benefits. Because of this, they become objects of contempt: the British complain that idlers live on their taxes, not bringing benefit to society. In clothing, Chaves prefer a sporty style, although they are rarely seen playing sports.

Chawetta girls wear tight T-shirts with the logos of famous brands, skinny jeans or short skirts, UGG boots or sneakers, but they are especially distinguished by their hairstyles: bleached hair with regrown roots is pulled into a tight ponytail, and their ears are decorated with large earrings in the form of rings. The Chavettes generally like shiny jewelry that imitates gold. Both men and women rarely let go of a can of beer and a cigarette, so they can be safely attributed to the details of the wardrobe. From music, the Chaves prefer hip-hop and R&B, despite the fact that they do not shun domestic racism. Chaves are very fond of cars, but they are not patient enough (or too adventurous) to save up money and buy a good car; they prefer to take a very used one and spend time and money on tuning it. They communicate in a characteristic slang with a strong accent, the vocabulary is rich in obscene words.

2. Knacker, Ned (Ireland, Scotland)

Distinctive feature: Burberry cap.

Favorite drink: Buckfast beer, cheap cider.

Favorite music: trance.

The Irish word "knacker", in addition to the local equivalent of" gopnik", is also used to describe a person who buys old or sick cattle to kill them and sell the meat. It can be assumed that the offensive connotation extends to all its meanings. In addition, the Irish Neckers are not much different from the British Chaves — the same appearance and lifestyle.

The abbreviation " ned "stands for" non-educated delinquent", translated from English — "uneducated criminal". They differ from English Chaves mainly in their accent and their predilection for fake Burberry caps. Hashish is often smoked, which is crushed and rolled into hand-rolled cigarettes. This habit is so common that a special word was needed for holes in clothing, burned by the ashes of cigarettes with pieces of hashish — "bommers".

3. Bogan (Australia)

Distinctive feature: black jeans, UGG boots.

Favorite drink: Victoria Bitter.

Favorite Music: Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, AC / DC.

The appearance of bogans is radically different from the style of other gopnik: they wear flannel shirts, black jeans or leggings, black wool sweaters and UGG boots. Bogans drive around in a used Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon. Unlike other gopnik world, bogans wear long hair or, at worst, long bangs. We can not say that they are extremely aggressive or trying to "squeeze the mobile", but in the minds of Australians, bogans take the place of uneducated, immoral elements of society. Bogans gather in pubs, where they watch Australian football with adoration and occasionally arrange fights. Bogan girls are considered much more aggressive and unruly. They pass the time walking through shopping malls and supermarkets with a bottle of beer, constantly shouting and bullying other women.

4. Cani (Spain)

Distinctive feature: hairstyle "short platform".

Favorite drink: Tequimon, Molotov.

Favorite music: Paco Pil, Chimo Bayo, Daddy Yankee.

In different autonomous regions of Spain, the subculture of working-class youth is called differently. The common name is cani, but in reality there are more than two dozen of them: surmanito and Willy in Seville, Burraco in Malaga, Doncho in Granada, Garrullo in Catalonia, Hueso in Almeria, Makoy in Extremadura, Pokero in Madrid, and many other names in different autonomous regions, cities and villages.

If we talk about the style of clothing, it all depends on the capabilities of each individual kani. If Kani has an El Niño down jacket, he won't take it off even in August. Under the down jacket must be a tracksuit. If the guy has a raised torso, then it will be possible to force him to wear a T-shirt only before Christmas. Both of them adore sunglasses and wear them, regardless of the time of year and the amount of sunlight. The same goes for baseball caps. In public transport, people like to play music from a mobile phone, most often flamenco, raggaton or bacalao — a local subspecies of club music. Of course, in public transport, you can only meet those who do not have their own means of transportation. As a rule, this is a Yamaha Jog‑R scooter with a replaced muffler — the factory one behaves too quietly. It is considered a special chic to replace as many spare parts of the scooter as possible, so that it can go faster and make louder noise.

5. El nero (Colombia)

Distinctive feature: mallet.

Favorite drink: Aperitivos Vincorte, Gran Brindis.

Favorite music: Wispin & Yandel, Osmani Garcia.

Niero (also known as turro in Argentina, nado in Mexico, and tukki in Venezuela) are distinguished from kani primarily by their hair — on the South American continent, mallets (or "sevens", as they are called by Colombians) are still held in high esteem. According to local reports, the largest concentration of niero is observed in the city of Medellin, which in recent years has strengthened its status as the capital of the drug trade.

El Zarco, the hero of the novel of the same name by the Mexican writer Ignacio Manuel Altamirano and the film based on it, was chosen as a role model for Niero. El Zarco is the leader of a criminal gang, young and handsome, but aggressive and ruthless.

Like kani, Niero's uniform is fake Nike, Puma, and Adidas tracksuits. Sometimes it is supplemented with incense or images that are hung around the neck, and a dog that sits at the feet. The angrier and bigger the dog, the better. Often shoot at passers-by cigarette, poltos and phone. They listen to the usual Latin pop music, sometimes Latin hip-hop. In addition to petty theft and drug distribution, they sometimes make a living in a very unusual way: selling sweets on buses, inventing a tragic story or borrowing it from a telenovela (my father's twin brother's wife killed him, the family was left without a breadwinner). The older Nieros work as driver's assistants, sit on a side stool and collect money from passengers, while the older ones become drivers and decorate their workplace with icons, flags and key rings. In their free time, niero likes to play mini-football, always with a bare torso, take pictures of themselves on a mobile phone, like ordinary Russian chicks.

6. Racaille (France)

Distinctive feature: waist bag.

Favorite drink: vodka-pepsi.

Favorite music: K-Maro, Diam's.

Rakai stand out from the general crowd with their Lacoste tracksuit (sometimes Sergio Tacchini or Airness) and the habit of tucking their pants into their socks. A waist bag (also Lacoste) is worn over the tracksuit, and a mobile phone is hung on a string around the neck. Like the Spaniards, French gopniks like to listen to music in public places without using headphones, but their playlist is somewhat different: they prefer hip-hop, R&B, and forgotten tectonics. Rakai move on mopeds, which allows some of them to deftly snatch bags from the hands of passers-by right during the ride. The RER commuter trains are a special area of Rakai. They are similar to our metro, only the cars are two-story and very dirty, and the stations are longer. There they gather in huge groups of 15-20 people, pinch the girls, swoop down with the whole company on some frail Frenchman to take away money or phone, swing on the handrails and spit on the floor.

7. Yanki (Japan)

Distinctive feature: work overalls.

Favorite drink: it doesn't matter.

Favorite music: Miliyah Kato, Spontania.

In Japan, "Yankees" are not Americans, as in the rest of the world, but Japanese working-class youth with anti-social habits. They are often referred to as future members of the Yakuza, but the Yankees are much more harmless and their crimes are limited to petty theft, hooliganism, vandalism, and fighting. The Yankees could get along well with ordinary Russian boys: both of them prefer to communicate while sitting "on the courts".

Often the Yankees support nationalist ideas and are inspired by the history of Japan, especially by samurai and kamikaze pilots. Since they almost always belong to the working class, they try to emphasize their origin in clothing, wearing overalls that resemble the uniforms of Japanese construction workers. In the half-century that the Yankee subculture has flourished in Japan, their preferences have changed somewhat. In recent years, the Yankees have been very passionate about Japanese hip-hop. Their lives revolve around motorcycles and cars, mostly those that have a thuggish aura, like the Toyota Celsior or American oil cars. Like all cultural phenomena, Yankees are reflected in Japanese films, manga, and anime.

8. Dres (Poland)

Distinctive feature: a dog of a fighting breed.

Favorite drink: Jaguar analogs.

Favorite music: Firma, AbraDab.

The word "dres" appeared in the 1990s thanks to the sports suits (dres) that flooded the markets. It is assumed that before no one united the Dres into a single subculture and they were called simply hooligans or criminals. The habitat is residential areas of large cities, as well as in our country, built up with multi-storey buildings. Therefore, sometimes the dres proudly call themselves blokersi, that is, "boys from the district". A self-respecting dres always wears a pseudo-gold chain with a cross around his neck. In babershops, dogs do not look, but prefer to shave with the help of friends bald or put their hair back, abundantly watering the head with gel.

Of the cars preferred by the Germans, mostly can afford only the old Volkswagen, Opel, Audi. The raised karki (neck, bull neck, brats) drive used BMWs. Very young people, with no experience of street robberies, are forced to travel by bus. It also has its own culture: the dres, regardless of the number of brothers, occupy the last six places. Those who are not supposed to sit on the level, hang on the handrails, swing the bus and stick to the citizens. Sometimes, if there is a particularly grumpy grandfather, they can give him a place. In general, elderly people are outside the concept of suckers, so they are not beaten or "thrown on the mobile". Interestingly, the dres, unlike our skinny gopnik, visit the rocking chairs. Also often get dogs of fighting breeds (Staffordshire terriers and Pit bulls).

9. White trash (USA)

Distinctive feature: lives in a trailer.

Favorite drink: beer and weed.

Favorite music: 1970s hard rock.

If in the city blocks the honor of the gopnik is defended by the well-known black gangsters, then in the province there is a broad concept of "white trash"for all the scum. "White trash" in the XIX century began to call the poor white workers who, along with black slaves, harvested crops on the plantations. Now white trash is called poorly educated poor Americans, whose behavior does not fit into the framework of generally accepted morality. Although outwardly they are not similar to the gopnik of other countries, but they are perceived as declassified elements.

The most common image of white trash is a white man who lives in a trailer or at least drives a pickup truck, has his own weapon, wears a mallet hairstyle, and has a lot of tattoos on his body made at home by friends. If he works, he earns very little, and the money he receives is immediately spent on a "new TV" instead of food for children, and more often just receives unemployment benefits. He has fun visiting the "village club", where he will definitely arrange a fight. The habitat is all over the country, but the greatest concentration of such people is in the south. It is distinguished by zealous patriotism and ethnic hatred.

In small towns, gangs of young people are very often formed, which can also be attributed to white garbage. In each settlement, there are usually several warring factions that fight for authority and influence over the inhabitants. They are very well organized, subordinate to the oldest member of the gang, who distributes tasks to the younger members. Usually this is minor street hooliganism, squeezing money out of" boys and suckers " or burglary. Most often, stereo systems and weapons are taken out of the houses. Sometimes they sell drugs and weapons. Interestingly, such gangs have their own codes. For example, one of the rules is that everything that happens in a gang should not affect the members ' families.

10. Ars (Israel)

Distinctive feature: gold chain, short haircut.

Favorite drink: beer, wine.

Favorite music: Yishai Levi, Amir Benayoun.

The word "ars" is apparently derived from the Moroccan "pimp". Ars are young people who carelessly wander in packs under the scorching Israeli sun and stick to girls. They are characterized by aggressive behavior in public places, do not hesitate to speak very loudly on the phone among strangers (apparently to show their superiority), prefer to cut circles around the city in a car with open windows, from which everyone can hear rap or Arabic music. Ars gather in pseudo-Greek cafes, where they drink cheap wine and fight with waiters and guys at neighboring tables.

Arsas dress in trousers with a motney and wear giant gold chains — the more chains around their necks, the better. They wear short hairstyles "under the pot". Ars are also distinguished by an extremely disdainful attitude towards the female sex, while each ars seeks to acquire its own (or at least one for two) frekha. The word "frekha" is translated from Arabic as "joy", they call girls without outstanding mental abilities. Israeli "frekhs" are distinguished primarily by revealing outfits.