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Kroje (pronounced "kro-yeh") (singular: kroj) are folk costumes worn by Czechs and Slovaks. Gothic influence is seen in tying shawls and kerchiefs on the head. Fine pleats and gathered lace collars typify the Renaissance era.
Slovaks wearing folk costumes from Eastern Slovakia. Folk tradition has rooted strongly in Slovakia and is reflected in literature, music, dance and architecture. The prime example is a Slovak national anthem, "Nad Tatrou sa blýska", which is based on a melody from "Kopala studienku" folk song.
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.
Since its establishment the museum has acquired collections of national-geographic and historical nature (ethnography, archaeology, history, numismatics, art-history, art and sculpture, archiving and library) from the whole territory of Slovakia and also from abroad. In 1961 it was merged with the Slovak Museum in Bratislava.
In Cieszyn Silesia and northern Slovakia, the shepherd's axe and elements of the folk costume are termed Vlach (Polish: wałaska, wałaszczaki, Slovak: valaška). [53] Goral folk costumes can be found in the National Museum of Ethnography in Warsaw, [54] [55] The Tatra Museum in Zakopane, the Ethnographic Museum of Kraków, and the City Museum ...
Modern Slovak clothing should be categorised under Slovak fashion or Clothing companies of Slovakia. Pages in category "Slovak clothing"
Folk costumes worn during the Jízda králů Festival, held annually in the village of Vlčnov in Moravian Slovakia Traditional Czech Folk Dance Girls in traditional costumes of Moravia. Czech traditional clothing expresses Czech history relative to Czech culture and behaviour. [1]
Typical souvenirs from Slovakia are dolls dressed in folk costumes, ceramic objects, crystal glass, carved wooden figures, črpáks (wooden pitcher), fujaras (a folk instrument on the UNESCO list) and valaškas (a decorated folk hatchet) and above all products made from corn husks and wire, notably human figures.