Romanian folk costumes originate from the ancestral traditions of the Thracians, Dacians and Getae peoples and vary slightly across Romania's main historical regions. The costumes evolved from sacred garments decorated with symbols representing beliefs about the cosmos and unseen forces. Typical components of the traditional costumes included shirts, skirts, vests, scarves, beads and belts. While most Romanians now wear Western clothing, folk costumes can still be seen in remote rural areas and at cultural events celebrating Romania's traditions.

1. “Products from our country”
“FIVE SENSES” COMENIUS PROJECT

2. Romanian folk
costumes.

3. Introduction:
Romanian dress refers to the
traditional clothing worn by
Romanians, who live primarily in
Romania and Moldova, with smaller
communities in Ukraine and Serbia.
Today, a strong majority of
Romanians wear Western-style dress
on most occasions, and the garments
described here largely fell out of use
during the 20th century. However,
they can still be seen in more remote
areas, on special occasions, and at
ethnographic and folk events. Each
historical region has its own specific
variety of costume.

4. History:
• The Romanian popular costume finds its roots in the part of
Thracian, Dacian and Getae ancestors and resembles with that of
the peoples of the Balkan Peninsula, of course with differences
consisting of decorative and colorful details. Between 7000 and
3500 BC was founded the belief in the one controlling power of the
cosmos. Fabrics wore symbols appointed by virtue of faith, thus
spinning and weaving became sacred. Therefore, were customary on
the dresses the solar circle, the column of the sky, the rhomb, the
hatch or the curved lines. Since 3500 BC and until year zero has
passed from the sacred weaving to the vestment, the ritual reaching
from the imposing space of the temple to the household hearth. The
purpose of the garments worn by the ancestors was to facilitate
dialogue with the unseen forces of the cosmos.

5. Components:
Catrință
Fotă
Ițari
Pieptare
Moccasins Beanie Waistcoat Scrip
The shirt
Beads
Girdle

6. Regions in which they find
folk costumes.
• The six main regions are:
• Transylvania or Ardeal.
• The western plains: Lower Mureș Plain, Criș Plain
(Crișul Negru, Crișul Alb, Crișul Repede), Lower Someș
Plain (Oaș Country).
• Banat, including Timiș Meadow and Caraș-Severin.
• Wallachia, including Oltenia and Muntenia.
• The lower Danube, including Bărăgan, Dobrogea and
southern Moldavia.
• Moldavia, including Bucovina.

7. Costumes:

10. The End.
Thank you for attention.
Madalina Radu, Gabriela Andrei, 8th Grade
Dichiseni School - Romania
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