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LITHUANIAN TRADITIONAL COSTUME Slide 2 LITHUANIA Slide 3 TRADITIONAL COSTUME THERE ARE SMART TRADITIONAL CLOTHES OF LITHUANIAN PEASANTS. UNDER HISTORICAL, ECONOMICAL, SOCIAL AND NATURAL CIRCUMSTANCES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS THEY FINALY FORMED IN THE MIDDLE OF XIX CENTURY. LITHUANIAN TRADITIONAL COSTUME WAS FORMING ON THE BASIS OF GORGEOUS PEASANTS` COSTUME FROM XIX TO XX CENT. Slide 4 ALL THE FABRICS AND CLOTHES WERE HAND MADE Slide 5 THE GREAT PRIDE OF LITHUANIAN WOMEN WERE STRONG, NICE, CLEAN CLOTHES. BEFORE MARRIAGE GIRLS WEAVED MATERIALS FOR THE WHOLE THEIR LIFE. Slide 6 WOMEN`S TRADITIONAL CLOTHES: SHIRTS SKIRTS APRONS WAISTS COATS HEAD COVERINGS WOVEN BELTS FOOTWEAR ACCESSORIES Slide 7 MEN`S TRADITIONAL COSTUME SHIRTS PANTS WAISTS SMOCKS COATS HEAD COVERINGS WOVEN BELTS FOOTWEAR ACCESSORIES Slide 8 SHIRTS THIS IS THE MAIN ELEMENT OF TRADITIONAL COSTUME. SHIRTS WERE MADE FROM BLEACHED CANVAS, WIDE, LONG AND WERE WORN AS PETTICOATS. SLEEVES WERE DECORATED WITH WHITE AND RED ORNAMENTS "ZICKAI". SHIRTS WERE LACED OR DONE UP WITH BUTTONS. Slide 9 ikai Slide 10 SKIRTS CASUAL, SMART, UPPER AND UNDERWEAR. THEY WERE WIDE MADE FROM CHECKERED OR STRIPPED WOOLEN MATERIAL. THE SAME TIME WERE WORN 2-3 SKIRTS. Slide 11 Slide 12 APRONS THIS IS IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF TRADITIONAL COSTUME. NOT TO WEAR IT SHOWED INDECENCY AND DISORDERLINESS. APRONS WERE LONG, WIDE AND FOLDED. THE MOST POPULAR WERE WHITE LINEN APRONS, BUT COLORFUL, WITH LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE STRIPES, EMBROIDERED ALSO WERE WORN. WOMEN USED NARROW BELTS FOR WAISTS. Slide 13 Slide 14 WAISTS THIS IS GORGEOUS COSTUME`S ELEMENT MADE FROM THICK SMART MATERIAL, WITHOUT SLEEVES, LONG AND SHORT, DECORATED WITH FOLDS, BOTTONED OR HOOKED UP, LACED WITH CHAINS OR RIBBONS. WAISTS WERE INHERITED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. WEALTHY PEASANTS WORE FACTORY PRODUCED WAISTS, POORER WOOLEN OR HALF WOOLEN HOME MADE WAISTS. WAISTS WERE WORN BY MAN AND WOMEN. Slide 15 Slide 16 MEN'S PANTS PANTS WERE LONG (TO BONES), NOT VERY WIDE, ONE COLOUR OR STRIPED, IN SUMMER TIME WHITE LINEN, IN WINTER HALF WOOLEN. IN KLAIPEDA REGION PANTS LENGHT WAS UP TO KNEES AND MEN WORE THEM WITH LONG KNITTED SOCKS. Slide 17 Slide 18 WOMEN HEAD'S COVERINGS GIRLS AND MARRIED WOMEN HAD DIFFERENT HEAD COVERINGS. THEY DECORATED THEIR HEADS WITH FLOWER WREATHS, STRIPS CROWNS, CAPS, SHAWLS, VEILS ETC. Slide 19 Slide 20 MEN'S HEAD COVERINGS MEN WORE NON COLOURED WOOLEN, FELTED AND FUR CAPS AND HATS. STRAW HAT WAS AN ELEMENT ONLY OF WORKING CLOTHES, IT WASN'T WORN ON FESTIVE OCCASIONS. Slide 21 Slide 22 WOVEN BELTS BELTS ARE IMPORTANT PART OF TRADITIONAL COSTUME. PEOPLE WORE THEM WITH COATS, FUR COATS, SHIRTS, APRONS, VESTS ETC. THEY WERE MADE IN DIFFRENT WAYS AND VERY POPULAR IN WEDDINGS, CRISTENING RITUALS. Slide 23 WOVEN BELTS MADE IN DIFFERENT WAYS Slide 24 WOVED BELTS USAGE Slide 25 THE MOST COMMON ORNAMENS AND SYMBOLS Slide 26 THE MOST POPULAR JEWELRY WAS NECKLACE MADE FROM CORAL, AMBER, COLOURED GLASS, PUFFED SILVER. NECKLACES WERE VERY VALUABLE, INHERITED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. Slide 27 IN SUMMER TIME WOMEN COVERED THEIR SHOULDERS WITH WHITE LINEN CANVAS, IN WINTER WOOLEN SHAWLS Slide 28 GLOVES AND SOCKS WERE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY DAY WEARING KNITTED WITHOUT PATTERNS, FOR FESTIVE OCCASIONS PATTERNED. WRISTLETS (SHORT SLEEVES ON THE WRISTS) WERE VERY GORGEOUS, DECORATED WITH DIFFERENT GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS AND SMALL BEADINGS. WERE WORN BY BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. Slide 29 Slide 30 IN ALL REGIONS SMALL BAGS AND BUNDLES WERE USED FOR CARRYING DIFFERENT THINGS. ONLY WOMEN WORE THEM ON THE LEFT SIDE UNDER THE APRON, NICER ONES WERE HELD IN HAND. SOME KIND OF BAG DELMONAS WAS USED ONLY IN KLAIPEDA REGION. DELMONAS IS CLOTH BAG, EMBROIDERED WITH GEOMETRICAL OR FLORAL PATTERNS, DECORATED WITH COLOURFUL THREADS AND BEADS. Slide 31 Slide 32 SCARF IS IMPORTANT PART IN MEN'S TRADITIONAL COSTUME, IN PUBLIC PLACES IT WAS NECESSARY ELEMENT. MEN WORE SCARVES ON SHIRTS COVERING THEIR COLLARS. Slide 33 FOOTWEAR THE OLDEST TRADITIONAL FOOTWEAR IN ALL REGIONS WERE: SHOES PLAITED OF STRAWS (VYOS), MADE OF ANIMAL SKIN (NAGINS) AND CARVED WOODEN SHOES (KLUMPES). WOMEN'S LEATHER SHOES WERE WORN ONLY ON FESTIVE OCCASIONS, NOT EVERY DAY. MEN WORE BROWN OR BLACK LACED BOOTS WITH FLAPS. Slide 34 Slide 35 COATS AND FUR COATS MEN AND WOMEN WORE ROUGH CLOTH COATS PAINTED IN DARK COLOURS. WEALTHY PEOPLE WORE SHEEPSKIN COATS WITH LEATHER BUTTONS. Slide 36 Slide 37 CHILDREN'S TRADITIONAL CLOTHES TILL THE END OF XIX CENTURY THERE WERE NO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHILDREN'S AND ADULT CLOTHING. CASUAL CLOTHES PEOPLE MADE FROM DATED ADULT CLOTHES, BUT ON FESTIVE OCCASIONS CHILDREN WORE WOOLEN DECORATED AND EMBROIDERED CLOTHES. Slide 38 Slide 39 LITHUANIA CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE DIFFERENT REGIONS WITH ITS OWN COLOURS AND ORNAMENTS Slide 40 COSTUME FEATURES OF SOUTH-WEST REGION GORGEOUS, COLOURFUL, DARK SKIRTS WERE DARK WITH NARROW GROUPS OF STREAKS APRONS HAD TYPICAL LILY SHAPED PATTERN SHIRTS' SLEEVES WERE WIDE RICHLY EMBROIDERED Slide 41 AUTHENTICAL CLOTHES ARE EXPOSED IN MARIJAMPOL ETNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM Slide 42 Slide 43 NOWDAYS TRADITIONAL COSTUME IS WORN ONLY ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS- NATIONAL FESTIVALS, CONCERTS Slide 44 Slide 45 Slide 46 Slide 47 Slide 48 WE CREATED SKETCHES Slide 49 Slide 50 YOUTHWEAR CREATED USING TRADITIONAL MOTIVES/DECORATIONS/CUTS/ETC. BORROWED FROM FOLK COSTUMES Slide 51 Slide 52 Slide 53 Slide 54 WE USED INFORMATION FROM: http://www.marijampolesmuziejus.lt/ Lietuvos etnografiniai regionai.- Kaunas:viesa,2010. Marijampols krato juostos. Katalogas.- Marijampol: Marijampols kratotyros muziejus, 2005. Lietuvi tautiniai rbai. Albumas.Vilnius, 2001. Suvalkiei prijuosts. Katalogas.- sudarytojai Danut Katkuvien, Asta Vandyt.- Marijampol, 2008. Glemait Mikalina. Lietuvi tautiniai drabuiai.Vilnius, 1955. http://www.tautiniaikostiumai.lt/galerija.html Slide 55 THANK YOU LITHUANIA MARIJAMPOL R. STANKEVIIAUS PAGRINDIN MOKYKLA