 The traditional Spanish costume is strongly influenced
by the Arabic culture. Each region of the country has
its own regional costume. They are reserved for special
events and celebrations.
 One of the regional costumes of Madrid is called the
costume of the “chulapos”.
 It represents the way of dressing of the people that
lived in the XIX century.
 Nowadays, people of this region wear this costume on
the 15th of May, the day of Saint Isidro, and dance the
“chotis”, a typical dance of Madrid.
 The regional costume of Valencia remains still very
present in its celebrations, specially in March,
when “Las Fallas” takes place.
 It is a very colourful costume.
 Men can wear different types of costume,
depending on who used to wear it originally.
 In the case of women, the hairstyle gains special
relevance.
 The regional costume of Andalucía is the most
known internacionally. It is the “traje de flamenca”
in the case of women and the “traje de corto” in the
case of men.
 It is still used in special dates, for example, during
the “Feria de Abril”.
 At the end of the XIX century, lower class women
used to go to the cattle fairs wearing a housecoat
covered with ruffles. That is the origin of this
regional costume.
 Galician people wear its regional costume in their most
important celebrations, such us “la muñeira” or “los
gaiteros”.
 That typical clothing is the one that people who lived
in the countryside used to where until the 20th
century.
 There are two varieties: the full dress and the everyday
costume.
 In our region, Cantabria, there are different types
of traditional costumes, depending on the people
who used to wear them.
 The “pasiego” costume could be one of the most
known of those. Its name is due to the area were it
was wore, Vega de Pas.
 Women and men wore the same kind of shoes,
typical in this regions: the “albarcas”.They were
made of wood.