Figure 1.--Transylvanian peasants in their best clothing. The photograph was probanly taken in the 1930s. Until World War II, what we now sea as folk costumes were sill worn in the Romanian countyside. |
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There are regional differences associated with Romanian folk outfiits. We do not yet know much about the topic and can not describe the differences. This is complicated by the fact that the borders of Romania have varied widely, both the modern country and the medieval provinces that ultimately formed Romania. Historically the core of Romaniawas what what is known as the Old Kingsom, meaning Walachia and Moldavia. The most significant additional province was Transylvania which hve been fought over by Hungary and Romania and which included both Romanian and Hungarian populations. Hungry because of its powerful association with the Hapsburg monarchy was able to dominate Transylvania, desoite the fact that the diminste population was Romanian. This was not so much an issue for most of European history when multi-ethnic polities were common. This chnged in the 19h century with the rise of nationalism. Possession of Tranyslvania changed in the 20th century, but was finally settled by Stalin after Wotld War II. Its long histirical relstionship with Hungry meant siome mixing of Romanin and Hungarian styls. Banat in the west has been disputed with Serbia/Yugoslvia. Bessarabia and Bukovina in the northeast were seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and are now Moldavia. Dobrudzha in the south was disputed wih Buklgaria. There seems to be many similarities in the folk outfits. The primary regional differencs seem to be the decoration more than anything else.
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