National costumes of Poland

Opoczno and Piotrków County in central Poland

Bytom, Upper Silesia

Łowicz

National costumes of Poland (Polish: stroje ludowe) vary by region. They are not worn in daily life but at folk festivals, folk weddings, religious holidays, harvest festivals and other special occasions.^[1] The costumes may reflect region and sometimes social or marital status.^[1]

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

Lesser Poland / Małopolska

• Kraków region:^[2] 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.

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  Western Kraków region

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  Eastern Kraków region

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  Kraków region

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  Lachy Sądeckie men's costume

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  Lachy Sądeckie, including married woman's costume

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  Lachy Sądeckie, including unmarried woman's costume

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  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.^[3]

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  Żywiec

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  Żywiec

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  Podhale

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  Zakopane (1938)

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  Gorals from Cieszyn Silesia

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  Tatra Gorals in 1877

Subcarpathian region / Podkarpacie

• Rzeszów^[4]
• Uplanders
• Lasowiacy

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  Pogórzanie

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  Pogórzanie

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  Rzeszowiacy

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  Pogórzanie

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  Sanok (Kamraty)

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  Lasowiacy (Mazurians)

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  Rymanów (Pogórzanie)

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  Liszna (Sanok)

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  Lemkos from Mokre, Sanok County

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  Lemkos from Przemyśl

Lublin region

• Lublin region is represented by the Krzczonów folk costume^[5]
• Biłgoraj^[6]

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  Lublin region

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  Lublin

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  Biłgoraj

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  Biłgoraj

Silesia / Śląsk

• Bytom / Piekary Śląskie in Upper Silesia^[7]
• Cieszyn Silesia, see
• Lower Silesia

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  Cieszyn Silesia

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  Lower Silesia

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  Wilamowice, Vilamovians

Pomerania / Pomorze, Kujawy, Warmia

• Kashubians inhabit Kashubia in north-central Poland.^[8]
• Kujawy^[9]
• Pyrzyce^[10]
• Warmia^[11]

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  Kashubia

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  Kashubia

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  Kujawy

Masovia and central Poland

Places in Masovia with distinctive costumes include:

• Łowicz^[12][13][14]
• Kurpie of the Green and White Primeval Forests^[1][15][16]
• Wilanow
• Opoczno^[17]
• Sieradz^[18]

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  Łowicz

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  Kurpie

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  Opoczno

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  Central

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  Green Forest Kurpie

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  Green Forest Kurpie in 1913

Podlaskie / Podlasie

• Podlasie

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  Podlasie

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  Stare Lewkowo

Greater Poland / Wielkopolska

• Bambrzy^[19]
• Szamotuly^[19]
• Biskupianski^[19]

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  Bambrzy wearing unmarried woman's headpiece

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  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.^[20]

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  Nobility

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  Bractwo Kurkowe (Kraków)

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  Bractwo Kurkowe (Kraków)

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  17th century

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  Żywiec

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  Żywiec

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  King Stanisław I in a Cracovian costume

See also

• Polish folk dances

References

1. "Polish Folk Costumes". The State Ethnographical Museum in Warsaw). 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.
13. "Męski strój łowicki" [Łowicz men's folk costume] (in Polish). Łowicz municipality.
14. "Kobiecy strój łowicki" [Łowicz women's folk costume] (in Polish). Łowicz municipality.
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.

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