Preliminary communication
The Traditional National Costumes of the North-Western Part of the Island of Krk (Omišalj, Dobrinj)
Tihomira Stepinac Fabijanić
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti Zavod za povijesne i društvene znanosti u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Abstract
The topic of the paper are traditional national costumes of the North-Western part of the island of Krk, which have by now already become a rarity and are getting extinguished far more quickly than many other elements of traditional heritage. The parallel research of the traditional national costumes from Omišalj and Dobrinj has shown the richness of various elements and types, and emphasised the importance of the national costume as an exceptionally valuable, but also a very endangered cultural asset. The local inhabitants used to make and ornament their garments by hand and to arrange individual parts according to the rules set for various occasions; a costume itself was an evidence of a person’s status and identity, as well as of their belonging to a particular cultural circle, i.e. social community. An additional topic of the paper is identifying the options for preserving the original hand-made costumes within museum collections and exhibitions, and by engaging the national cultural associations.
Keywords
traditional national costumes; heritage; cultural asset; the island of Krk; Omišalj; Dobrinj; types of traditional costumes
Hrčak ID:
55027
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2009.
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