„A viselet érték a teherrel együtt.” Széki viseletek régen és ma
The Traditional Costume of Szék in the Past and Present – “The costume is an asset with a burden”

Summary/Abstract: In this article we attempt to give an in-depth presentation of the traditional costume of Szék (Sic) village from Cluj County. In addition to presenting the parts of women's and men's wear, the specifics of the age group and especially the combinations available in women's wear are also discussed. We emphasize separately the winter-summer and the festive-everyday features and differences. Behind these perspectives, our unconcealed intent is to help the traditional costumes used by nowadays dance groups to be more authentic in some way by respecting the tradition. Our experience shows that in many places of the Carpathian basin the costumes of the choreographies of dances from Szék do not reflect faithfully the traditions of the village which are very much alive today as well. Regarding the future of the traditional costume from Szék, we plan to continue our research in order to provide for the future generations a reliable knowledge, which disappeared over the last two decades as a result of undressing from traditional costumes.

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