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The chamois beard (also chamois beard ) is part of the costume and is common in parts of Austria and Old Bavaria for men made of chamois hair. More recently, it has also been worn more often by women. Chamois beards and similar hat decorations made from other animal hair are collectively referred to as wild beard or wild hair beard .
Used hair
The chamois beard is tied from the back hair (" eel stripe ") of adult chamois in a tuft or fan-like shape , which, due to the nature of the fur, comes mainly from animals that are hunted in winter. The light tips, the so-called " hoop ", are only a few millimeters long in real chamois hair. Chamois beards, especially large ones, are quite expensive; A deer beard , in which the "hoop" can be up to 2 cm long , is cheaper, but still less common . In some regions, wild hair beards are badger , - Tahr - or wild boar hair won.
Manufacturing
Tying a wild hair beard is considered a high art. Several hours are required for a multitude of work steps from shaving the hair to washing and plucking to tying. In addition to professional chamois-beard binders, some hunters also practice chamois-beard binding. Depending on the skills and abilities of the binder, hair from one to ten chamois is processed for a beard. Comparative competitions are held annually among the wild-haired beard ties.
literature
- Bertl Lahnsteiner: Wild beards. From plucking to tying . Stocker, Graz a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-7020-1219-9 , ( hunting book ).
See also
Web links
- Gamsbart ; Dahoam in Bavaria . Episode 70, Bavarian Television, April 24, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Styrian Trachtenbuch, Mautner / Geramb 1935, Volume 2
Web links
- Gamsbart Olympics on BR-Online ( Memento from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )