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National costumes of Poland (Polish: stroje ludowe) vary by region. They are typically not worn in daily life but at folk festivals, folk weddings, religious holidays, harvest festivals and other special occasions. The costumes may reflect region and sometimes social or marital status.

Poland's inhabitants live in the following historic regions of the country: Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Mazovia, Pomerania, Warmia, Masuria, Podlachia, Kuyavia and Silesia.

Lesser Poland / Małopolska

• Kraków region: The woman's costume includes a white blouse, a vest that is embroidered and beaded on front and back, a floral full skirt, an apron, a red coral bead necklace, and lace-up boots. Unmarried women and girls may wear a flower wreath with ribbons while married women wear a white kerchief on their head. The men wear a blue waistcoat with embroidery and tassels, striped trousers, a krakuska cap ornamented with ribbons and peacock feathers and metal rings attached to the belt.
• Lachy Sądeckie live in southern Lesser Poland, especially in Nowy Sącz County and Kotlina Sądecka.

• Western Kraków region
• Eastern Kraków region
• Kraków region
• Lachy Sądeckie men's costume
• Lachy Sądeckie, including married woman's costume
• Lachy Sądeckie, including unmarried woman's costume
• Lesser Poland

Gorals / Górale

Gorals live in southern Poland along the Carpathian Mountains, in Podhale of the Tatra Mountains and parts of the Beskids. Their costumes vary depending on the region.

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• Żywiec
• Żywiec
• Podhale
• Zakopane (1938)
• Szczawnica (1939)
• Gorals from Cieszyn Silesia
• Tatra Gorals in 1877
• Żywiec Gorals in 2016
• Żywiec Gorals in traditional costume
• Podhale Gorals in traditional costume

Subcarpathian region / Podkarpacie

• Rzeszów
• Uplanders
• Lasowiacy

• Pogórzanie
• Pogórzanie
• Rzeszowiacy
• Pogórzanie
• Sanok (Kamraty)
• Lasowiacy (Mazurians)
• Rymanów (Pogórzanie)
• Liszna (Sanok)
• Lemkos from Mokre, Sanok County
• Lemkos from Przemyśl

Lublin region

• Lublin region is represented by the Krzczonów folk costume
• Biłgoraj

• Lublin region
• Lublin
• Biłgoraj
• Biłgoraj

Silesia / Śląsk

• Bytom / Piekary Śląskie in Upper Silesia
• Cieszyn Silesia, see Main article: Cieszyn folk costume
• Lower Silesia

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• Cieszyn Silesia
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• Lower Silesia
• Wilamowice, Vilamovians

Pomerania / Pomorze, Kujawy, Warmia

• Kashubians inhabit Kashubia in north-central Poland.
• Kujawy
• Pyrzyce
• Warmia

• Kashubia
• Kashubia
• Kujawy

Masovia and central Poland

Places in Masovia with distinctive costumes include:

• Łowicz
• Kurpie of the Green and White Primeval Forests
• Wilanow
• Opoczno
• Sieradz

• Łowicz
• Kurpie
• Opoczno
• Central
• Green Forest Kurpie
• Green Forest Kurpie in 1913

Podlaskie / Podlasie

• Podlasie

• Podlasie
• Stare Lewkowo

Greater Poland / Wielkopolska

• Bambrzy
• Szamotuly
• Biskupianski

• Bambrzy wearing unmarried woman's headpiece
• Married attire from Krobia

Upper class

The szlachta were Polish nobles and had their own attire which included the kontusz, pas kontuszowy (sash) and a crimson żupan.

• Nobility
• Bractwo Kurkowe (Kraków)
• Bractwo Kurkowe (Kraków)
• 17th century
• Żywiec
• Żywiec
• King Stanisław I in a Cracovian costume

Burghers

Mieszczanie were Polish burghers, among whom in 18th century czamaras gained a lot of popularity (especially in the Kraków region, hence the alternative name Kraków coat for czamara). In 19th century czamara became a Polish national and patriotic attire.

• Men in czamaras
• Man wearing a czamara

See also

• Polish folk dances

References

1. ^ "Polish Folk Costumes". The State Ethnographical Museum in Warsaw). Archived from the original on 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
2. "opis stroju krakowskiego" [Description of Kraków folk costume] (in Polish). polalech.
3. Sieczka, Katarzyna. "Podhalański strój ludowy i jego wytwórcy u progu XXI w." [Podhale folk costume] (in Polish). z-ne.pl.
4. "STRÓJ RZESZOWSKI" [Rzeszów folk costume] (in Polish). Folklor Powiatu Debickiego.
5. "opis stroju lubelskiego" [Description of Lublin folk costume] (in Polish). polalech.
6. "Strój Biłgorajski" [Biłgoraj folk costume] (in Polish). Polska Tradycja.
7. "opis stroju bytomskiego" [Description of Bytom folk costume] (in Polish). polalech.
8. "Ubiór Kaszubski" [Kashubian attire] (in Polish). Kaszuby.vsp.pl.
9. "opis stroju kujawskiego" [Description of Kujawy folk costume] (in Polish). polalech.
10. "Strój Pyrzycki" [Pyrzyce folk costume] (in Polish). Pyrzyce Municipality. 2012-03-20.
11. "Strój Warmiński" [Warmia folk costume] (in Polish). Polska Tradycja.
12. "Strój łowicki" [Łowicz folk costume] (in Polish). Łowicz municipality. Archived from the original on 2013-03-18.
13. "Męski strój łowicki" [Łowicz men's folk costume] (in Polish). Łowicz municipality. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13.
14. "Kobiecy strój łowicki" [Łowicz women's folk costume] (in Polish). Łowicz municipality. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05.
15. "Strój Kurpiowski Puszczy Zielonej" [Green Forest Kurpie folk costume] (in Polish). Polska Tradycja.
16. "Strój Kurpiowski Puszczy Białej" [White Forest Kurpie folk costume] (in Polish). Polska Tradycja.
17. "Strój Opoczyński" [Opoczno folk costume] (in Polish). Polska Tradycja.
18. "Strój Sieradzki" [Sieradz folk costume] (in Polish). Polska Tradycja.
19. ^ "Stroje regionalne" [Regional costumes] (in Polish). Greater Poland region.
20. "opis stroju szlacheckiego" [Description of the costumes of the nobility] (in Polish). polalech.
21. Kubalska-Sulkiewicz, Krystyna; Bielska-Łach, Monika; Manteuffel-Szarota, Anna (1996). Słownik terminologiczny sztuk pięknych. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. ISBN 83-01-11785-0.

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• Media related to Traditional clothing of Poland at Wikimedia Commons

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