SKUODAS BARTUVA
SECONDARY SCHOOL
PRESENTS
NATIONAL
COSTUMES
Every country has it’s own unique features:
 Language
 Cuisine
 Attribute (anthem, blazon, flag)
 Costumes
We are going to present the national costumes of
the countries which take part in our project
(Italy, Greece, Latvia, Germany, Turkey,
Lithuania).
Italy
These clothes are used for dancing Tarantella
(National Italian dance. The original legend
tells that someone who had supposedly been
bitten by the tarantula spider had to dance to
an upbeat tempo to sweat the poison out.)
Greece
Fustanella is a
traditional skirt-like garment
worn by men of many
nations in the Balkans,
similar to the Kilt. In
modern times, the fustanella
is part of
traditional Albanian and
Greek dresses, worn mainly
by ceremonial Greek
military units and both
Albanian and Greek folk
dancers.
Peplos is a bodylength Greek garment worn
by women before 500 BC.
The garment is gathered
about the waist and the open
top pinned over the
shoulders. The top of the
tube drapes over the waist
providing the appearance of
a second piece of clothing.
Chiton was a form of
clothing worn by men and
women in Ancient Greece.
There are two forms of
chiton, the Doric chiton and
the later Ionic chiton. The
"Doric" style was simpler
and had no sleeves, being
simply pinned, sewn, or
buttoned at the shoulder.
The "Ionic" style was made
of a much wider piece of
fabric, and was pinned,
sewn, or buttoned all the
way from the neck to the
wrists and the excess fabric
gathered by the zone. By the
late Archaic, Ionic chitons
had become less common,
especially for men.
Latvia
Latvian Folk Costumes derive from the "Sunday best" clothing
that Latvians wore at festivals, weddings, and other major
celebrations. Since this clothing was worn rarely, and was
usually expensive to make the "fashion" of these clothes
changed slowly — especially if such clothing was handed
down from generation to generation, as often seems to have
been the case. Thus, it is not surprising that Latvian folk
costumes often reflect the fashions of the 19th and even the
18th century. There is no single national costume in Latvia,
instead the clothing is distinctive from province to province.
Kurzeme (western Latvia)
Latgale (south-eastern Latvia)
Vidzeme (north-eastern Latvia)
Zemgale (central Latvia)
Germany
Tracht is a
traditional national
costume in Germanspeaking countries.
Although the word is most
often associated
with Austrian and Bavarian
costumes, many other
people of Germany have
them.
Dirndl is a type of
traditional dress worn in
southern Germany,
Liechtenstein and Austria,
based on the historical
costume of Alpine peasants.
Dresses that are loosely
based on the dirndl are
known as Landhausmode.
The dirndl consists of
a bodice, blouse,
full skirt and apron.
Lederhosen ("leather
trousers" in German) are
knee-breeches
(knickerbockers or shorts)
made of leather. There is a
widespread misconception
that Lederhosen are a
traditional national
costume (Tracht) in
German-speaking countries.
They should rather be
considered to
be leisure wear for workingclass men.
Turkey
The fez or Tarboosh is
either a red felt hat in the
shape of a truncated cone, or
in the shape of a short
cilinder made
of kilim fabric. Both usually
have tassles. The fez
originated
in Ancient or Byzantine
Greece, later finding
popularity in the Ottoman
Empire.
Yashmak is a Turkish type of veil or niqab worn by
many Muslim women to cover their faces in public.
Unlike an ordinary veil, yashmak contains a head-veil
and a face-veil in one, thus consisting of two pieces of
fine muslin, one tied across the face under the nose
and the other tied across the forehead draping the
head.
Yashmak can also contain a piece of black horsehair
attached close to the temples and sloping down like
an awning to cover the face, or it can be a veil
covered with pieces of lace, having slits for the eyes,
tied behind the head by strings and sometimes
supported over the nose by a small piece of gold.
Salwar kameez is a traditional
dress worn by both women and
men in South and Central part
of Asia. It is widely believed
that Shalwar Kameez was
originated from Afghanistan and
was spread out in neighboring
countries especially in
India. Salwar or shalwar are
loose pyjama-like trousers. The
legs are wide at the top, and
narrow at the ankle.
The kameez is a long shirt or
tunic. The side seams (known as
the chaak), left open below the
waist-line, give the wearer
greater freedom of movement.
Lithuania
There are four regions in Lithuania.
Aukstaitija, Zemaitija, Dzukija and Suvalkija.
Each region has it’s own traditional costumes
for men and women. When travelling
through the regions it is very common to meet
people in their colourful costumes at a
festival or a religious celebration.
AUKSTAITIJA
ZEMAITIJA
DZUKIJA
SUVALKIJA
The workshop was prepared by
Donata Dvarionaite
 Ieva Galdikaite
 Raminta Nikartaite

Skuodas
April, 2010
Thank you for your attention. We hope that
you enjoyed the presentation, maybe it didn’t
take too long. 