Traditional dress of Serbia

Some Serbian folk dancers in folk clothes - - duqueıros's Image

This is always depressing for every heritage student to know about the loss of any patrimony by any nation or people. The curiosity to bring the innovation in every sphere of life is the strongest desire of the humankind. But the rapid modernization is also a cause of the depletion of the valued cultural heritage of the global society. Same is the case with the traditional dress of Serbia which is either worn by the artists on the cultural festivals or by the folk performers on the celebrations of the national importance.

Serbian dancers wearing the traditional costumes

The traditional dress of Serbia is popular in the world for its tremendous decoration and unique embroidery. These traditional dresses included long tunic shirts, trousers, skirts, sleeveless coats called jeleks, waist coats, jubun or zubun, socks and belts etc.

An image of the Serb men in their traditional costumes

The common headdress used by the people of Serbia was called oglavja. Opanci was the accustomed foot wear of the traditional dress of Serbia. The embroidery was fabulously created by the craftsmen normally on the aprons and socks in the brilliant red color. The floral patterns were also commonly found on these aprons. Women often used the gold-trimmed vests with sleeved blouses.

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The Serbian women used the tunic shirts embellished with silver threads and cords and they wore the decorated woolen socks till the knees. Apart from oglavja, some Serbian women also used the scarves and traditional caps as their headdresses.

The Serbian girls also wore collars, or a string of gold coins around their throats, earrings, bracelets, and their caps were decorated with metal coins or flowers.

A Serbian bride is in a decorated bridal costume - Marko Zamurovic's Image

The traditional dress of Serbia was mostly made with the woolen fabric known as Sclavina or Schiavina while some were used to prepare with Linen and Silk.

This is only a nutshell brief of the traditional dress of Serbia because the dress varied and it was dependent upon the living styles of the Serbians like the  people living in the mountains who were mostly cattle-breeders, the people living in the lowlands who were farmers, and the people living in both the hilly and plain areas.