Nives Celzijus: The Croatian singer with Serbian roots reveals the secret!

Nives Celzijus: The Croatian singer with Serbian roots reveals the secret!

Lovcen, Serbien - nives Celzijus, the well -known Croatian singer and author, gave surprising insights into her ethnic identity in a recently conducted interview. According to her bourgeois name Nives Zeljkovic, she explained that she has Serbian roots and lives her entire family in Serbia. This was a shock message for many of their fans and the media. Celzijus reports that she spontaneously moves to Serbian when she is in Serbia, which further heats up the discussion about national identities and ethnic affiliations in the Region. Kosmo has highlighted her emotional memories of childhood in Lovcen, a village in the Vojvodina, where she often spent time with her grandparents.

The openness of Celzijus about her ethnic origin has already led to mixed reactions in social networks. In the Croatian and Serbian media, their statements were also intensively discussed. She expressed concerns how the Croatian audience could react to a Serbian accent on national television. This topic is particularly sensitive, since ethnic belonging in the region also remains a stressful topic after the Yugoslavia wars.

career and controversy

nives Celzijus was born on December 18, 1981 in Zagreb. Her family has various cultural backgrounds: her father Spaso Čanković, who works as a writer in Slovenia, comes from Sanski Most in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while her mother, Mira, separated from her father before Nives' birth. In her youth, she experienced many challenges such as abuse during the Croatian War of Independence and a traumatic experience at the age of 16 when she was raped by a Dinamo Zagreb player. These experiences shaped their later artistic work and their public persona Wikipedia.

Celzijus' career with her hit "Na Koljena" and others take a journey. She was often present in the media with her husband, Croatian football player Dino Drpić, which made her a kind of celebrity couple in the region. Her controversy appearances, such as reporting about intimate moments in the stadium, provided a high media addition. In 2008 she also experienced a turmoil when her son Leone was wrongly compared to the kidnapped British daughter Madeleine McCann during a vacation. In 2014 she divorced by Drpić and is now the mother of two children Wikipedia.

influence and relevance

nives Celzijus is not only active in the music scene, but also in television entertainment. She played in various series and was a juror in successful shows, although in 2014 she was the first female winner of a competition to attract great attention in Croatia. Your cultural relevance and the discussion about identity in connection with your music create a bridge on the larger social issues that are still important in the region.

In terms of national identity and ethnicity in Serbia and Croatia, a study by Irena Ristić also illuminates the deeply sitting questions and tensions in the region. Celzijus ’statements and their influence on public opinion open the complexity of this topic and show how important identity and ethnicity are also in the current social debate Degruyter.