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A Greek fisherman's cap. A mariner's cap, also called a skipper's cap, sailor's cap, Dutch Boy's cap, Greek cap, fiddler's cap, or breton cap, is a peaked cap, usually made from black or navy blue wool felt, but also from corduroy or blue denim.
Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, decoration, or for religious or cultural reasons, including social conventions. This is a list of headgear, both modern and historical.
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
Amalia created a romantic folksy court dress, which became a national Greek costume still known as the Amalía dress. [3] It follows the Biedermeier style, with a loose-fitting, white cotton or silk shirt, often decorated with lace at the neck and handcuffs, over which a richly embroidered jacket or vest is worn, usually of dark blue or claret ...
Volunteers from Annunciation's Philoptochos Society of Akron and Kalymnian Society of Campbell, Ohio, baked 400 loaves of tsourekia, a braided sweet Easter bread, Tuesday for Annunciation's Easter ...
A bronze reconstruction of the Diadumenos ("The Fillet-Bearer"), a statue by Polykleitos (5th century BC), depicting a youth binding his head with fillets [1]. A fillet is a type of headgear.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Greek Americans in Ohio. Pages in category "Greek-American culture in Ohio" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
In ancient Greek costume, a tainia (Ancient Greek: ταινία; pl.: ταινίαι or Latin: taenia; pl.: taeniae) was a headband, ribbon, or fillet. Coin of king Perseus of Macedon wearing a taenia or diadema headband. The tainia headband was worn with the traditional ancient Greek costume. The headbands were worn at Greek festivals. [1]