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'''Šibenik cap''' ({{ |
'''Šibenik cap''' ({{langx|hr|šibenska kapa}}) is a regional variant of a traditional red or dark orange cap used in the [[Balkans]] that was developed in [[Šibenik]], Croatia. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The cap is nowadays more orange in colour instead of red, and simplified in cut (without a conical top, flat from above). It is embroidered with characteristic black ornament and without any hanging appendixes. |
The cap is nowadays more orange in colour instead of red, and simplified in cut (without a conical top, flat from above). It is embroidered with characteristic black ornament and without any hanging appendixes. |
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The cap was modified upon older traditional forms during a work time of ''Industry of Folk Embroidery'' ({{ |
The cap was modified upon older traditional forms during a work time of ''Industry of Folk Embroidery'' ({{langx|hr|Industrija narodnog veziva}}) held by Matavulj family in Croatian city of Šibenik from 1844 to 1945.<ref>Kale, Jadran (2009). "Rad 'Centra za unapredjenje domacinstva' u Sibeniku 1957.-1972." ''Ethnologica Dalmatica'' vol. 17, pp. 79-100.</ref> |
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The cap is well known throughout Croatia and is noticeable as a symbol of Šibenik and widely known among regional costume parts in general, not only representing Šibenik and its surroundings, but northern [[Dalmatia]] or a general Croatian identity when represented outside Croatia. |
The cap is well known throughout Croatia and is noticeable as a symbol of Šibenik and widely known among regional costume parts in general, not only representing Šibenik and its surroundings, but northern [[Dalmatia]] or a general Croatian identity when represented outside Croatia. |
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Latest revision as of 00:21, 9 November 2024
Šibenik cap (Croatian: šibenska kapa) is a regional variant of a traditional red or dark orange cap used in the Balkans that was developed in Šibenik, Croatia.
History
[edit]The cap is nowadays more orange in colour instead of red, and simplified in cut (without a conical top, flat from above). It is embroidered with characteristic black ornament and without any hanging appendixes. The cap was modified upon older traditional forms during a work time of Industry of Folk Embroidery (Croatian: Industrija narodnog veziva) held by Matavulj family in Croatian city of Šibenik from 1844 to 1945.[1]
The cap is well known throughout Croatia and is noticeable as a symbol of Šibenik and widely known among regional costume parts in general, not only representing Šibenik and its surroundings, but northern Dalmatia or a general Croatian identity when represented outside Croatia.
Šibenik cap is a tradition enlisted on the national intangible heritage list, in 2008.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kale, Jadran (2009). "Rad 'Centra za unapredjenje domacinstva' u Sibeniku 1957.-1972." Ethnologica Dalmatica vol. 17, pp. 79-100.
Further reading
[edit]- Schubert, Gabriella (1993). Kleidung als Zeichen: Kopfbedeckungen im Donau-Balkan-Raum. Berlin: Harrassowitz Verlag.