Traditional women belt

Traditional women belt

One of the most important manifestations of traditional culture, the result of the creative effort of a whole community and a real brand of identity, is the traditional/popular costume. In Maramures, the most important piece of clothing and the element that establishes the genesis of the Romanian folk costume is the shirt, which synthesizes the most traditional elements and, at the same time, the most numerous artistic elements of ornamentation. For both man and women the belt is a defining part of the shirt, that beyond its functionality, simbolizes the magic protective circle. The women belt that in some areas of Maramures can have a length up to 4 meters it secures both the shirt and the skirt and protects the ones whom wears it from evil, ensuring prosperity and fertility.

657

2024

iain

Romanian

Physical Object

395

Brâu

12/06/2025

https://www.memoria-ethnologica.ro/wp-content/uploads/port-traditional-natalia-lazar-56-71-82-83.pdf

80cm x 7cm x cm

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TEXT

https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/Traditional_women_belt

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Wool dyed with vegetable colours

Cultural

fibre and textile crafts

loom (război de țesut) more that 100 years old, reel (crâng/vîrtelniță), carder (rășchitor), sley (sucală), warp (urzoi), spindle (fuse), spinning wheel for a thicker type of wool (drugă/fuior) and after the wool material is hand- sewn together

Săpânța, Maramureș, Romania

Locally sourced wool, vegetable colors from local plants like walnut leaves, red onions, privet for black colo

The weaver uses the loom (război de țesut) more that 100 years old, reel (crâng/vîrtelniță), carder (rășchitor), sley (sucală), warp (urzoi), spindle (fuse), spinning wheel for a thicker type of wool (drugă/fuior) and after the wool material is hand- sewn together.

These items serve both a functional-utilitarian and an informational-aesthetic role.It secures the shirt and skirt of the costume, but it is decorative piece.

In this case the weaver sells these products

The weaver cand allocate from 1 hour to 2 hours to produce such items.

These items serve both a functional-utilitarian and an informational-aesthetic role. For both man and women the belt is a defining part of the shirt, that beyond its functionality, simbolizes the magic protective circle. The women belt that in some areas of Maramures can have a length up to 4 meters it secures both the shirt and the skirt and protects the ones whom wears it from evil, ensuring prosperity and fertility.