Saturday, August 30, 2014

Overview of the Folk Costumes of Europe

Hello all, 
this is my 200th article, and I thought i should do something rather different.
I will do an overview of the folk costumes of Europe. I will follow nation-states, as inappropriate as that may be, but i will also cover nations without states. Some very small and obscure ethnic groups will be omitted for lack of available material. I will also not be covering the north Caucuses, as there is simply too much material there.
Where there is a recognized or unofficial 'National Costume' I will show that. This will necessarily  not include much in the way of explanation.



Iceland

Upphultur

 
Peysufot

 

Faldbuningar

  
Faroe Islands




Ireland




Scotland





 
England



 
 Wales




Brittany

Bigoudin


Kemper [Quimper]
 

Plougastel



France

Berry
 

 Normandie [Normandy]


Provence



Euskadi [the Basque Country]



 Andorra [also Rousillon and Catalonia]


 

Spain

Andalucia 


 La Mancha


Galicia


 
Portugal

Minho 


 Madeira


 Algarve

 

Monaco [also Nice]





Italy

 Lombardy



Lazio 


 Calabria



Arbëreshë [Italo Albanians]





Vatican City

There is no women's costume for the Vatican




Sardinia

Florinas


Orgosolo


Quartu Sant'Elena


 

Malta



 
 Switzerland

Appenzell 


Valais/Wallis



 Graubunden/Grisons


Liechtenstein




Germany

Miesbach, Bavaria


Gutach, Schwartzwald


Scheesel, Lower Saxony



Luxembourg





Belgium




The Netherlands

Volendam


Beveland


 Staphorst



Friesland [Frisia]

West


East


North


Denmark

Fanø


Hedebo



Amager



Norway

There have been several attempts to design a national costume, but most of them have not received much acceptance. The most successful was a simplified form of the Hardanger costume, but this is currently little used, as most people wear their local bunad.

Hardanger




Setesdal


Gudbrandsdal


Sweden

National Costume



Värend


Rättvik


Sabme [Lappland]

Jokkmokk



Kautokeino


 Skolt





Finland

 Häme, western Finland


 



Kaukola, Finnish Karelia



Tuuteri, on the Finnish Isthmus




Estonia

Järva-Jaani, North Estonia


Muhu Island


Setu, South Estonia



Livonia




Latvia

Latgale

 
Vidzeme


Nica



Lithuania

Aukštaitija


Žemaitija


Vilnius


Kaszëbskô [Kashubia]





Poland
  
 Łowicz, Mazowsze


Krakow, Małopolska


Podhale 
One of many Górale or Highlander costumes



Sorbia [Lusatia]

Chosebus [Cottbus], Lower Lusatia


Slepo [Schleife], Upper Lusatia


 Catholic costume, Upper Lusatia



Bohemia

 Plzeň [Pilsen]


Blata


Nové Paky, Northeast Bohemia



 Moravia

Hanak


Valašsko


Vlčnov, Slovacko


Slovakia

Myjava


 Detva



Šariš

 
Hungary
  
Palóc


Kalocsa


Matyó


 Austria

Montafon, Vorarlberg 


Tyrol
 


 Upper Austria



Slovenia
 Gorenjsko

  
Dolenjska


 Bela Krajina

  
Croatia
 Posavina 


Zagrebačko Prigorje


Dubrovnik/Konavle


Bosnia

Moslem town costume


East Hercegovina Orthodox Serbian Costume


Travnik, Catholic Croatian Costume


Serbia
  
Šumadija


Vojvodina





Gniljane



Crna Gora [Montenegro]




Macedonia

Skopska Blatija



 Galichnik



 Radovish



Gorani
 
 

 

 
 Albania

North Albania and Kosovo [Gheg]


Sulovë, Central Albania



Fieri, South Albania [Tosk]



Greece

Amalia Costume, Athens



Kriti [Crete]


 Karagouna, Thessaly


Cyprus




Bulgaria

 Sofia [Shope]


Rhodope

 

Severnjashko [North]


Vlach

 in Serbia


in Greece


in Albania



Romania

Wallachia


Transylvania


Moldavia 
 


Moldova




Gagauz






Crimean Tatar






Ukraine

Central Ukraine

 Hutsul


Volyn'
 


 Carpatho-Rusyn, Lemko
  
Komancha

 
Venhryny [Čirč region]


 Jakubany



Belarus

Svetlahorski region, Western Polissia

  
Malarytski region, Eastern Polissia




Russia 

 Peasants from northern Russia



 Kaluga Province


 Voronezh Province


Karelia [Russian held part]



 

Tver' Province Karelians
 


 Veps



 

Nenets

The Nentsi [formerly known as the Samoyed], live along the arctic coast from the White Sea to well past the Urals, and thus into Asia.






Komi




Permliak



Udmurtia

Northern Udmurt




Southern Udmurt



Mari-El



Ural Mari

Mordovia

Erzya


Moksha, Contemporary Costume


 Men


Chuvashia 

 Anatri Chuvash bride and her father


 Anat Enchi bride, groom and married woman


Virial Chuvash Matchmaker


 Tatarstan [Kazan']



Bashkortostan [Bashkir]





Kalmuk [Kalmyk]




Thank you for reading, I hope that you have found this to be interesting and informative.

Roman Kozak