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1. THE ROMANIAN FOLK COSTUME

2. INTRODUCTION
Romania is one of the
few countries in
Europe, where in the
second decade of the
21st century, some
people (old or living in
remote areas) are still
wearing traditional
clothes on weekdays,
and not only for special
occasions such as
weddings, festivals or
religious holidays..

3. ORIGINS
The Romanian folk costume has
Dacian, Thracian and Getae
origins and has not changed so
much with the flight of time.
Historical sources point out that
from ancient times, the
Romanian folk clothes have been
embroided and adorned with the
solar circle, the column of the
sky, the hatch and various types
of curved lines.
The Main Ethnographic
Regions
1.Maramureș
2.Apuseni
3.Banat
4.Transylvania
5.Oltenia
6.Muntenia
7.Dobrogea
8.Modavia and Bucovina

4. -the shirt called “ie” is a very
important element, especially
for the women’s folk costume
-this shirt is elegantly adorned
whit embroidery, usually
representing geometrical and
floral patterns
-the cromatic is very well
balanced, the dominant colours
being black, red, yellow, blue,
green and even purple
-women used to make not to
buy their shirts; they used linen
for shirts to be worn during
holidays and hemp for shirts to
be worn while working on the
field
ELEMENTS SPECIFIC FOR THE ROMANIAN FOLK
COSTUME

5. ELEMENTS SPECIFIC FOR THE ROMANIAN FOLK
COSTUME
-the traditional footwear is
represented by the so-called
peasant sandals, which were
made of cow skin; they were
also made of pig skin, but
these were used only while
working on the field
-these sandals were tied to
the legs with the help of
some strings or cords
(nojițe), usually made or
horse hair
-they were worn with
traditional socks called
“colțuni”, made of white wool
and they were knitted with
the help of five needles

6. MARAMUREȘ
Male Folk Costume
-boots
-wide summer trousers
-waistcoat
-shirt
-hat

7. MARAMUREȘ
Female Folk Costume
-boots or leather
sandals (opinci) with
bicolour (black and
white) foot wraps
(obiele)
-straight apron
(catrință)
-waistcoat (bundă)
-square scarf (basma)
-both men and women
wear coloured bracelets
made of beads
(pumnar)

8. APUSENI
In the area of the Apuseni
Mountains the folk costumes
have a more sober look, being
dominated by black and white
shades.
Male Costume
-leather boots or leather
peasant sandals (opinici)
-tight winter trousers (cioareci)
-wide leather belts (chimir)
-sheepskin hat
-skin suede overcoat (cojoc)
-tricolour rosette on the chest

9. APUSENI
Female Folk Costume
-long hem shirt
-apron (black at the front and
sometimes red at the back)
- black scarf
-waistcoat (pieptar)
-long woolen tights
-leather peasant sandals
-all clothes are beatifully
embroided

10. BANAT
-Serbian influences on folk
dances, music and clothes
Male Folk Costume
-loose, white, linen trousers
-black waistcoat
-white shirt
-black fabric belt (brâu)
-straw or fabric hat
-leather peasant sandals

11. BANAT
Female Folk Costume
-underskirt (poale)
-black straight aprons
embroided with yellow thread
(catrințe)
-white shirt (ie) richly
embroided at the cuffs and
collar
-waistcoat
-head crown made of velvet or a
headband

12. OLTENIA
The folk costume specific for
the Oltenia region has
numerous Bulgarian and Greek
influences.
The predominant colours are:
white, black and yellow.
Costumes of both men and
women are embroided with
geometrical and floral motifs.
Belt specific for the region
of Oltenia

13. OLTENIA
Folk Male Costume
-trousers embroidered with black
thread at the back and at the front
-embroidered shirt
-woolen, embroidered cape worn
during special events
-round hats with flat bottoms
-leather peasant sandals
-the costume worn by the
Călușari (groups of male dancers)
is spectacular due to its
ornaments, the two tricolour
bands crossed over the dancers’
chests, the special hat and the
bells on the shanks

14. OLTENIA
Female Folk Costume
-silk veil (maramă)
-shirt with underskirt
-wrapped around skirt
-rectangular apron at the front
(catrință)
-leather peasant sandals
-stylized birds, floral and
geometric motifs, decorate the
clothes of people living in
Oltenia
-the clothes are made of wool,
hemp and cotton

15. MUNTENIA
-the folk costumes specific for the
area of Muntenia are characterised
by simplicity
-both men and women clothes are
less decorated than in other parts
of Romania
-the predominant colour is white
-men wear white shirts and
trousers and a tissued fabric belt
(brâu țesut), which can be red or
yellow
-men wear woolen hats and the
traditional footwear are the
peasant leather sandals

16. MUNTENIA
Folk Women Costume
-women wear an underskirt
(poale) embroidered with red
and yellow
-the wrapped round skirts (fotă)
have different colours and
embroidery patterns according
to the region (plain or mountain)
-these traditional skirts can be:
red and black, red and yellow,
or black and yellow
-the leather peasant sandals are
the traditional footwear Wrapped round skirt-Muntenia

17. MOLDOVA
The folk costume
specific for the region of
Moldova is
characterised by
simplicity.
Male Folk Costume
-overcoat (cojoc) with
beautifully embroidered
models at the cuffs and
collar
-shirt
-belt
-white, tight trousers
-leather peasant sandals
or boots

18. MOLDOVA
Folk Female Costume
-wrapped round skirt (fotă),
which bends below the knee
on the left side
-white underskirt (poale)
-overcoat with rich embroidery
-large square scarf (broboadă)
with rich ornaments
-leather peasant sandals

19. TRANSYLVANIA
-the women folk costume is fairly
uniform in this area
-it consists of an embroidered shirt
(ie), a long skirt, a double apron, a
waistcoat and a belt, all differing only
in the details of the ornament
-the men’s costume consists of a tunic,
narrow pants (made of linen or wool)
having a medieval look, a waistcoat, a
belt and a hat
-the embroidery, which is an element
that defines the Romanian traditional
costume, is not as rich as in other
regions of the country

20. TRANSYLVANIA
FOLK COSTUMES- THE REGION OF BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD

21. TRANSYLVANIA
Folk Costume-
The Region of Mures
Folk Costume-The Region of Sibiu
Folk Costume-
The Târnavelor
Region

22. DOBROGEA
-the area of Dobrogea is
characterised by the co-existence
of people belonging to different
nationalities, such as: Romanian,
Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek and
Tatars
-the predominant colours are
red,white and blue
-the women wear a silk veil
(maramă), decorated according to
thier financial possibilities
-the traditional footwear are the
leather peasant sandals (opinici)

23. NATIONAL MINORITIES AND THEIR COSTUMES
The main national minorities in Romania
are:
1.The Hungarians who live especially in
the counties of Harghita, Covasna and
Mureș (central part of Romania) and in
the west part of the country near the
Hungarian border
2.The Romani people
3.The Germans who live especially in the
counties of Timiș (west part of Romania),
Sibiu and Brașov (central part of
Romania)
4.Serbs, Ukrainians, Greeks, Jews, Turks,
Tatars, Armenians and Russians
They represent 10.5% of the Romanian
population.

24. NATIONAL MINORITIES AND THEIR COSTUMES
Secui-Hungarians
from the central part
of Romania
Sași-Germans from
the central part of
Romania
Șvabi-Germans from
the West part of
Romania

25. NATIONAL MINORITIES AND THEIR COSTUMES
Romani
People

26. INFLUENCE OF FOLK COSTUME ON NOWADAYS
FASHION
-the Romanian designers have
managed to promote the
traditional Romanian costume,
especially the blouse worn by
women (ie), the cloth wrapped
around the lower part of the
body (fotă) and the traditional
belt
-the traditional Romanian
embroidery has also
impressed famous designers
such as Yves Saint Laurent,
Kenzo or Tom Ford

27. THANK YOU!