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Folk Costume from Kupres

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Sheetlets
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About Folk Costume from Kupres

Kupres is situated on the hill with 1190m altitudes. Women’s folk costume from Kupres belongs to dinarian type of folk costumes. Folk customs consists from 20 different parts, clothing, jewelry and garnish.

The material, which is used for manufacture of clothing and jewelry of Kupres folk costume, are mainly homemade (wool cloth, flax, cotton).

Shirt is made from meleza (combination of flax and cotton) and it is rich with embroidery.
Jelek (waistcoat) is made from black silk and it is decorated with red, green and yellow ribbon and decorated with embroidery.
In wintertime, over shirt and waistcoat its dressed gown from domestic wool cloth also decorated with embroidery and silk. In summer time, over waistcoat and shirt its dressed ančarma (wool cloth dress without sleeves).

Apron and belt are also woven from wool. Socks and strapped soft-soled footwear are worn on legs. Women wear red homespun cap and white wrap, which can be all white or with embroidery.

Jewelry of women’s folk costume is multifarious and on costume are often appeared silver coins as decoration.
Around neck women wear rešma or đerdan (necklace) made from silver coins with the cross in the middle.

Also, in hands women carry recognized Kupres bag, and part of the jewelry are also crown, šklopac (knife), towel and mašice (poker).