Hello everone! I hope
you all had a great week! Today my article will be another folk costume. I will
be featuring an outfit made my Oipy (Margarida) for the Portuguese folk
costume. Margarida really helped in making this article, she was able to
provide me with most of the information here.
There are many different folk costumes in Portugal, varying
from region to region. I have chosen the folk costume from the province of
Viana do Castelo which used to be called Minho.
The local term for this folk costume is "Lavradeira"
or "Traje Domingueiro" which means "Sunday Clothes". Minho
folk costume consists of; a skirt that is either red, black or white, an apron
called a "Avental do tear", a waist pouch called "Algibeira",
a cape called "Capotilha",
black shoes, and a white and blue blouse. Filigree gold jewelry is also
worn with the folk costume. Portuguese filigree jewelry is very well made and
very detailed usually containing hearts called "Coração Português" or
crosses. Silk or lace head scarves are also usually worn with the folk costume.
Lavadiera used to be worn everyday in the old days, but now
it is only worn on special occasions. Also the styles can vary between social
class and age.
Here is a picture of what Lavadiera looks like in real life:
Here is the look Margarida put together:
Thank you for reading, I hope you all have a great week!
Thanks again to Margarida (Oipy) for helping me with this article, I really
appreciate it!
-Amy Katrina, csi12asa
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