Classic dress of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina which is generally identified as Bosnia is a fabulous state of the Eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. This lovely landlocked country is quite rich in its traditions, customs, folklore and culture and probably the very best issue in the Bosnian culture is the classic dress of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A Bosnian couple in their traditional costumes ( Image : mountaintrekker2001 )

Most of the traditional costumes of Bosnia and Herzegovina had been made of wool, flax, hemp and leather. The rural population of Bosnia and Herzegovina loved the classic attires were mainly stitched by themselves or the professional craftsmen.

Some Bosnians in traditional dresses ( 60s_70s_80s_Postcards Image )

At the start off of the nineteenth century the cotton and wool was introduced as a valuable fabric for preparing the traditional costume and this new trend was adopted by the each rural and urban Bosnians. The favorite color of the Bosnians for the fabric was white but black and dark blue was also liked by them.

A fantastic portrait of a classic Bosnian girl ( Image courtesy flickr )

Due to the geographical division of Bosnia, the standard dress of Bosnia and Herzegovina was categorized in 3 primary groups that make 3 varieties of the rural folklore costumes of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dinaric costumes /costumes of the Western Bosnia and Herzegovina/, Central Bosnian costumes that contain the Eastern Bosnia and the third type make the Costumes of Posavina.

The girls around Bjelasnica mountain in Bosnia ( Image: Green Visions )

The standard dress of Bosnia and Herzegovina is also developed by the Croatian and the Serbian influences. Presently the people about the Sarajevo region enjoy the traditional peasant attire.

A gorgeous Bosnian girl in her classic costume ( Photo: Anmar Al Faris )

The Bosnian girls wear dzecerma (residence-created relief linen shirts), curdia (richly embroidered vests) and lengthy white dresses. Their heads are covered with cenar (colorful kerchiefs). Males have slightly various type of shirts and vests, black trousers produced of heavy cloth and embroidered cap, called krmez. They put on the opanci.

A Bosnian dancer wearing the conventional costume ( Image: Heather Kashmera )

Similarly the women of Herzegovina region use home-made linen dresses with darker embroidery around sleeves, weaved fringed apron, dark-blue zobun produced of heavy cloth hemmed with dark-red narrow stripes and a cap on the head. Men’s costume consists of white trousers, long gunj, dark-red weaved belt and also a cap on the head. They put on the opanci.

The male and female Bosnian dancers wearing standard costumes (Heather Kashmera's Image)

In the festive occasions, wedding ceremonies and national festivals the conventional dress of Bosnia and Herzegovina stuns for its sophisticated design and style and elegance. It makes the wealthy cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina more fascinating and eye-catching.

The children of Bosnia and Herzegovina wearing the raditional dresses (Heather Kashmera's Image)