Ukrainian national clothing part 3

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Women's hairstyles

Hairstyle, hats and jewelry played an important role in women life. The most common hairstyle was hair braiding in 1 or 2 braids, which were intertwined with colored ribbons or strips. On the Left Bank, on weekdays, girls braided hair in braids, and put them on head in wreath-type. During holidays they leave braid. On the Right bank, during holidays, girls braided hair in two braids. Also on the Right bank of the girls separated front section of hair, and this was divided into two curls on the sides of the forehead. In wreath-type hairstyles girls often intertwined flowers.

Other hairstyles were collecting hair knot behind, folded in two braids wreath, braided plaits over the ears, and the girls of Lemkivshchyna - ethnic territory of Ukraine – don’t use braids and wreaths.

During summer, girls walked bareheaded, but on holidays they wore wreaths or decorated hair with stripes. Girls used Chilce - wire with copper plates. They put it under the wreath since the time of Kyivan Rus.

Married women twisted hair or lay it around the head.

 

Girl with 1 braid

 

Girl with 1 braid and wreath 

Girl with wreath

 
1 more girl 

Women’s headdresses

Popular women's headdress was hustka. Depending on the region, hustkas had their own designs, colors, ways of tying and making.

The oldest women's headdress was Namitka - long white canvas. Each region had its name canvas and the way assembly. Namitka often combined with other elements of women's headdress.

Common were Ochipky - headdress with a cloth or silk, which covered the hair. It could be different forms. For example in the Kyiv region ochipok was high, in the form of hat.

 

Girl with hustka

 

Hustka 

 

Women with namitka

 

Different types of Ochipky

Jewelry

A common was a necklace. In each region, it consisted of different parts: glass, amber, coins, beads. Neck decorations were Zhardy - neck ornaments with copper crosses.

With copper, silver or gold were produced bracelets, rings or jewelry in the ears.

 

Zhardy and necklace

Men's hairstyles, headdresses and jewelry

A common man's hairstyle was cutting hair to the one height; cutting the hair around the head, and leaving behind. This hairstyle replaced the previously popular hairstyle "Oseledets". In Polissya region beard was worn by young and old men, in the Carpathians – only by older people. On the other ethnic territories our ancestors left only a mustache.

 

Man with oseledets

Popular was type of headdress - Kuchma - hemispherical cap made of sheep skin, Kapturky - wool caps, Klepani - caps of loth with fox fur, straw Bryli, Kartuzy.

Men wore chains with crosses and rings.

 

Man with mustache and kuchma

  

Old straw Bryl' master

This is only a short overview of the most common types of clothes, hairstyles and jewelry. Researchers, who specialize in this subject, can tell you much more. I made only a general overview of the topic to reveal to you a few features of Ukrainian culture.

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