Welcome to the website of Estonian national costumes! National costumes are the clothes of our ancestors. However, these are not just body coverings, but they carry messages that tell the stories of family and parish refined over the centuries by each successive generation.

2021年4月22日 · While most modern Estonian people dress in styles similar to the rest of Europe, you can still glimpse traditional costumes at special events. But what makes Estonian folk clothing unique? And what is the meaning behind its diverse styles and patterns?

2016年9月21日 · Everything you ever wanted to know about Estonia’s most famous fashion. Rahvariided, translated literally as “clothes of the people”, are folk costumes, and they are probably the most well-known fashion to emerge from …

2012年12月10日 · The most characteristic feature of Northern Estonian folk costumes was the wearing by women of a short loose long-sleeved midriff blouse over a sleeveless shirt. North Estonia was characterised by floral design that was embroidered on sleeves and coifs. Pot-caps were worn by women.

2024年6月12日 · Estonian folk costumes, known as “rahvariided,” are characterized by their vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and symbolic motifs. These costumes vary from region to region, with each area boasting its own distinctive style and design elements.

2024年4月27日 · Folk Costume and Embroidery of Võrumaa, Estonia Hello all, today I would like to take another look at Estonia. The Estonians are a Uralic people, and are related to the Finns, Karelians, Veps, Votes and Livonians rather than to their Baltic neighbors, with which they are often lumped together.

Today, Albertans can see traditional Estonian costumes at special occasions such as the Stettler Centennial celebration in 1999 and other like events. The largest event featuring Estonian national costumes is the Song and Dance Festival which …

Southern Estonian folk costume was characterised by the survival of several very old types of garments. Old traditions in clothing were especially well preserved in Mulgimaa: special shirt cut, wrap-skirts, headscarves, hip-apron with archaic verdure ornament, linen and woollen capes and scarfs, men's trousers.

2024年10月14日 · Virumaa is a cultural region, not an administrative one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virumaa. And here is a closeup of Virumaa, showing the location of the Parishes. For more general explanations, see my previous article. Here I will simply give images of costumes and embroidery from each of the Parishes, proceeding East to West.

2013年5月31日 · Today I will talk about the costume and embroidery of one of the Baltic Finnic Peoples, the Seto. They are sometimes considered to be a rather divergent Estonian group, but they consider themselves and their language to be distinct. In …