Published: 2014-01-01

The Costume

Krystyna Hermanowicz-Nowak

Abstract

Changes in traditional folk costume of the Podhale region, attitude towards it, both of highlanders and the intelligentsia, influenced to increaseits rank, and led to the fact that it became a kind of phenom-enon. At a time when regional costumes were being abandoned widely, those from Podhale developed, enriched, with time, became a representative national dress.The pride connected with wearing it results from the need to show and emphasise one’s ethnic roots. Traditional folk attire is currently experiencing a period of revival and its earlier, simpler forms are being copied and incorporated into many elements of dress. It seems that the folk costume of Podhale may survive as a ceremonial attire indicating regional affinity and material status.

Keywords:

folk dress, costume, changes, vitality, the Podhale phenomenon, Podhale

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Hermanowicz-Nowak, K. (2014). The Costume. Ethnologia Polona, 35, 101–123. Retrieved from https://journals.iaepan.pl/ethp/article/view/585

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