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Male folk costume

Lithuanians

1960

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Male folk costume The national dress of the Lithuanians is modest, without elaborate ornamentation; its colours are neutral. The shirt is made of thin white linen. The cut is quite simple. Only the cuffs are adorned with a picked pattern called in Lithuanian “rinktis rastas”. The trousers are of a simple sewing. Their bottom part is taken in, made narrow, and sewn in to a band of tissue (ankle tapes) the ends of which are tied together so that it should be easier to tuck the trousers into the stockings. The stockings are white or light grey. At the top part they are finished off by a broad coloured band in an elaborate pattern. The trousers are girdled with a broad decorative waist-band in a picked pattern (“rinktis rastas”). The tie is made of a narrow band in a modest picked design (“rinktine juostele”). The jacket fits in the waist, with a broad V-neck, without any lapels and without a collar. The front, the neck, and the sleeve ends are adorned with black home-spun. The flat straw hat is adorned with a decorative twist made of coloured thread. The ends of the twist are fringed.

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