Folk costumes of Podhale

Folk costumes from Podhale region - costumes wear by Highlanders (Gorals) in Polish area of the Tatra Mountains, Podhale region.[1] Unlike other regional groups in Poland, Highlanders from Podhale wear traditional outfit (or its elements) on a daily basis. This type of outfit is widely considered one of the Polish national costumes.[2]

Traditional wedding outfit of Podhale Highlanders
Folk costumes from Podhale region - female and male; contemporary design.
Making of traditional highlander clasp. At the goldsmith's workshop of Andrzej Wojtas. Poland, Bukowina Tatrzańska, Podhale region.

Male attire edit

The most important elements of male attire are: trousers (portki) and a coat (cucha) made of woollen broadcloth, a leather vest (serdak), moccasins (kierpce) and a belt (trzos, opaska), shirt (koszula) made of homespun flaxen cloth and a black felt hat.[3]

Female attire edit

Female attire has been changed through the 19th and 20th century and in mid-19th century consisted of a percale shirt with wide sleeves, a decorated corset made of fabric, a wide percale skirt with floral motif, a muslin apron (fartuch), boots with high soles, trinkets or coral necklaces around the neck and a muslin (or tybet, or woollen) scarf worn on the head or over the shoulders. Women also wear the same type of shoes as man do - kierpce.[3]

Gallery edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gwozdz, Cathy (1985). Costumes of the Polish Highlanders. Polish Highlanders Association of Canada.
  2. ^ Condra, Jill (2013). Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing Around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 601. ISBN 0313376379.
  3. ^ a b Hermanowicz-Nowak, Krystyna (2014). "The Costume". Ethnologia Polona - Carpathian Reminiscences. 35. Institute of Archeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Science: 101–123.