National costumes of Poland
National costumes of Poland (Polish: stroje ludowe) vary by region. They are not worn in daily life but at folk festivals, folk weddings, religious holidays, harvest festivals and other special occasions.[1] The costumes may reflect region and sometimes social or marital status.[1]
Poland's inhabitants live in the following historic regions of the country: Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Mazovia, Pomerania, Warmia, Masuria, Podlasie, Kujawy and Silesia.
Lesser Poland / Małopolska
- Kraków region:[2] The woman's costume includes a white blouse, a vest that is embroidered and beaded on front and back, a floral full skirt, an apron, a red coral bead necklace, and lace-up boots. Unmarried women and girls may wear a flower wreath with ribbons while married women wear a white kerchief on their head. The men wear a blue waistcoat with embroidery and tassels, striped trousers, a krakuska cap ornamented with ribbons and peacock feathers and metal rings attached to the belt.
- Lachy Sądeckie live in southern Lesser Poland, especially in Nowy Sącz County and Kotlina Sądecka.
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Western Kraków region
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Eastern Kraków region
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Kraków region
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Lachy Sądeckie men's costume
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Lachy Sądeckie, including married woman's costume
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Lachy Sądeckie, including unmarried woman's costume
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Lesser Poland
Gorals / Górale
Gorals live in southern Poland along the Carpathian Mountains, in Podhale of the Tatra Mountains and parts of the Beskids. Their costumes vary depending on the region.[3]
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Żywiec
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Podhale
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Zakopane (1938)
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Gorals from Cieszyn Silesia
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Tatra Gorals in 1877
Subcarpathian region / Podkarpacie
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Pogórzanie
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Pogórzanie
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Rzeszowiacy
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Pogórzanie
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Sanok (Kamraty)
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Lasowiacy (Mazurians)
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Rymanów (Pogórzanie)
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Liszna (Sanok)
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Lemkos from Przemyśl
Lublin region
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Lublin region
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Lublin
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Biłgoraj
Silesia / Śląsk
- Bytom / Piekary Śląskie in Upper Silesia[7]
- Cieszyn Silesia, see
- Lower Silesia
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Lower Silesia
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Wilamowice, Vilamovians
Pomerania / Pomorze, Kujawy, Warmia
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Kashubia
Masovia and central Poland
Places in Masovia with distinctive costumes include:
- Łowicz[12][13][14]
- Kurpie of the Green and White Primeval Forests[1][15][16]
- Wilanow
- Opoczno[17]
- Sieradz[18]
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Kurpie
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Central
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Green Forest Kurpie
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Green Forest Kurpie in 1913
Podlaskie / Podlasie
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Podlasie
Greater Poland / Wielkopolska
Upper class
The szlachta were Polish nobles and had their own attire which included the kontusz, pas kontuszowy (sash) and a crimson żupan.[20]
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Nobility
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Bractwo Kurkowe (Kraków)
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Bractwo Kurkowe (Kraków)
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17th century
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Żywiec
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King Stanisław I in a Cracovian costume
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Polish Folk Costumes". The State Ethnographical Museum in Warsaw). Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "opis stroju krakowskiego" (in Polish). polalech.
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