TRADITIONAL BASHKIR COSTUME

BAKIEVA ELVIRA

THE TRADITIONAL BASHKIR COSTUME HAS BEEN MADE UP FOR CENTURIES.

THERE WAS NOT AND COULD NOT BE THE COMMON WAY OF CLOTHING BECAUSE EVERY PRIDE HAD ITS OWN DIFFERENCES.

BASIC MATERIALS FOR MAKING CLOTHES WERE CLOTH, FABRICS FROM VEGETATIVE MATERIALS, LEATHER, FURS AND OTHERS. SILK, VELURE AND FABRIC CLOTHES WERE ALSO IN GREAT DEMAND

ALMOST EVERY WOMAN WAS GOOD AT HANDIWORK AND MAKING CLOTHES. THE UNKNOWN MASTERS ART WAS PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER

ONE CAN FIND VARIOUS KINDS OF HANDIWORKS IN THE TRADITIONAL BASHKIR COSTUME SUCH AS:APPLICATION, EMBROIDERY,JEWELRY

THE BASHKIR PEOPLE USED TO HAVE NOT ONLY TRADITIONAL CASUAL WEAR, BUT ALSO SOME KIND OF SPECIAL SMART CLOTHES. THEY REMINDED THE CASUAL CLOTHES IN FORM AND SIZE BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE WONDERFULLY DECORATED. THEY COULD BE VERY SMART AND EXPENSIVE IN RICH FAMILIES.

WOMEN OFTEN WORE JEWELRY MADE OF CORALS AND SILVER ON ORDINAL DAYS AND IN HOLIDAYS.

IN COMMON WORDS WE CAN SAY THAT THE TRADITIONAL BASHKIR COSTUME WAS FAMOUS FOR ITS DECORATION. THE WOMEN’S COSTUME WAS ESPECIALLY SMART

THE SMARTEST COLOR WAS RED. THEY MADE FEMALE DRESSES,ROBES, MALE SHIRTS FROM THE RED CLOTH.

The female traditional costume

consisted of a dress, a breastplate, wide trousers, fitted into the socks or stockings, a short vest or tight-fitting sleeveless jacket, shoes or boots and a headdress according to the age and marital status of a woman.

MALE TRADITIONAL WEAR CONSISTED OF A SHIRT, TROUSERS, WOOLEN SOCKS AND BOOTS. THEY PUT ON A SCULL CAP AND A FUR CAP ON THEIR HEADS.

THE SCULL CAPS MOSTLY WERE BLACK AND DECORATED WITH BEADS AND EMBROIDERY

TODAY MODERN BASHKIR DESIGNERS USE THE IDEAS OF THE BASHKIR TRADITIONAL CLOTHES WHILE MAKING THEIR COLLECTIONS

ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN THE BEAUTY OF BASHKIR TRADITIONAL COSTUME IN WORDS, ITS BETTER TO LOOK AND ADMIRE!