Bulgarian folk crafts

Ергенска /ердженска/ носия в ритуала "Старчевата" в Разлог. Името ни показва, че тази носия се носи от млади, неженени мъже.

“Starcheva” is celebrated annually on January 1. . There is no exact year for the beginning of the festival.

The girl is dressed in an „anteriya“ with long sleeves made of brown cotton fabric and lighter threads on the base.

The bride is dressed in a long shirt, embroidered on the sleeves with the ancient "zapeski".

In the 19th century, the costume from Razlog can now be attributed to the “chernodreshno” men's clothing.

The „fustanela” was also worn as a festive summer costume, complemented by additional decorations and ornaments.

Men's clothing is festive and everyday, the difference being in the rich braided decoration and metal or beaded jewelry on the costume.

Numerous varieties of „saya” are stages of its development.

The men's clothing, which today we consider typical for bandits and army, cannot be positioned in any specific Ethnographic area.

Festive costume for young girls, adorned with jewelry and buckles, which determine her readiness to change the status.

This is a festive costume from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

They called this festive costume "banenski foustan".

This festive attire is typical for married women who so prepared to go to the megdan, the round dance, go to an engagement or wedding, etc.

The upper garment - geziya ("dziziya") has a fitted upper part and 3 buttons on both sides of the bosom opening.

Festive costume typical of the early twentieth century.

The feet are covered with knitted woolen socks with red on the toes and heels, which they put on to protect them from evil eyes.

The women's festive costume from the second half of the 19th century was rich and heavy.

The feet are covered with white knitted socks with embroidered flowers on the ankles and feet and with Wallachian slippers.

In the first decades of the twentieth century, in almost all areas, the „saya” has appeared by the entry of new clothing.

This costume is called "klashnik", it came to Razlog from the Bulgarians - settlers from the villages of Banitsa, Karakoy, Gorno Brody.

Casual costume for young women - brides and maidens, used until the middle of the twentieth century.

The costume was brought to Razlog by the Bulgarians, settlers from the villages of Banitsa, Karakoy, Gorno Brody in Sersko (today's Greece).

Casual costume for an elderly woman, used until the middle of the twentieth century.

It is made of home-woven woolen fabric with protruding large „plohi” called "gruchki".

This girl is dressed in short shirt (koshulya), which is covered by the outwear, with small raised collar and rich lace on the sleeves.

This costume is from the first decades of the twentieth century, the new garment "foustan" shows a transition from the traditional to urban.

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