Палитра от пирински и огражденски носии
A palette of Pirin and Ograzhden costumes

Author(s): Vasil Atanasov Kolev
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Education, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Modern Age, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , 19th Century
Published by: Академия за музикално, танцово и изобразително изкуство „Проф. Асен Диамандиев“ – Пловдив
Keywords: Bulgarian traditional costume; folk costume; ethnographic regions; Pirin costumes; Ograden costumes; Bulgarian Renaissance; identity;
Summary/Abstract: The costume is the daily national clothing of a Bulgarian from the Renaissance to the 20th century. The Bulgarian costume is a visualization of identity. Through the folk costume, we get a representation of the life of our ancestors. It is a daily wear, but by adding various artistic elements - decorations to the daily wear, it turns into a festive wear. The costume is worn by both men and women, it is specific and distinctive for each of the Bulgarian ethnographic regions. After the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, the influence of urban clothing was visible, and the costume began to be worn less often. Today, costumes are used in artistic self-activity, in applied crafts and art, there is also a trend of weaving artistic elements and ornaments from costumes into modern clothing. Vasil Kolev's textbook "Palette of Pirin and Ograzhden costumes" presents the results of a three-year research project, conducted in the form of an ethnographic expedition, organized by a distinguished teacher Georgi Hristov at the PG "Yane Sandanski" in the city of Sandanski, and gives the young generation the opportunity to get to know, research and analyze the beauty and messages of Pirin and Ograden costumes. More than 60 participants in the "Meeting of Costumes" festival present the costumes they searched for, and Georgi Hristov collects them in an album. Vasil Kolev's contribution is that he gives new life to the collected materials through their digitization and the possibility of their reaching students, researchers, and the general public.

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