Fustanella

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Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904): Fustanella of an Albanian emigrant in Cairo

The Fustanella is a traditional men's skirt . As a typical costume, the pleated skirt is mainly worn in Albania and Greece and is known as a piece of clothing throughout Southeast Europe .

etymology

The word Fustanella comes from the Italian fustagno , which means "skirt" or "cotton flannel". This word was borrowed from the Latin fūstāneum "hard matter", diminutive of fustis . Other name variations are in Greek foustani , in Romanian and Turkish Fistan . The garment used to be called the Albanian shirt .

history

The relief in the Vari Cave in the Greek district of Ostattika shows Archedemus of Thera , who set up a cave sanctuary here, in a skirt. Around 400 BC Chr.

On the Balkan Peninsula , articles of clothing in the style of Fustanella have been documented by statues since the 5th century BC. A sculpture of Illyrian origin was found in Maribor . Other historians suggest that the men's skirt stems from the classic Roman toga .

The traditional costume of the Albanians and Aromanians spread during the revolution through the Arvanites and Çamen , among others , in Greece and experienced its heyday as part of the military uniform and as contemporary fashion for men in the 19th century.

According to Greek legend, the 400 folds of the traditional skirt each represent a year of subjugation by the Ottomans .

nature

The fustanella consists of a shiny white pleated skirt that extends from the waist to the knees and is held together by a pull over the hips. Towards the knees it turns into wide folds, which are treated very carefully.

The material consists mostly of cotton or linen, with the country people the material was coarser.

Use in the present

Today the Fustanella is still part of the uniform of the soldiers who guard the grave of the unknown soldier in front of the Athens Parliament and who provide the presidential guard ( Evzones ). In addition, the Fustanella is often worn on folkloric and festive occasions, especially in Greece and Albania.

photos

Web links

Commons : Fustanella  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meyers Konversationslexikon. Fourth edition. Publishing house of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892.
  2. ↑ a b Fustanella. from: clothing-web.de , accessed on July 27, 2010
  3. ^ Andromaqi Gjergji: The national costumes . In: Werner Daum (Ed.): Albania - between cross and crescent . Pinguin Verlag, Innsbruck 1998, ISBN 3-7016-2461-5 , p. 179 .
  4. ↑ Illyrian Fustanella from Maribor
  5. ↑ Paulicelli & Clark 2009, Chapter 9: Michael Skafidas, "Fabricating Greek Ness: From Fustanella to the Glossy Page" S. 148th
  6. ^ Heinrich Schliemann: Ithaka, the Peloponnese and Troy . Leipzig 1869.