Textiles and folk clothes – a distinctive part of ethnoculture

Abstract

The facts of various studies on textiles, clothes, garments, bedding and covers always come according to a stage that involves codifications in social, historical, customary levels and from century to century not only a diversity but also a permanent continuity is created in these garments. Thus, the linguistic, psychological, geographical aspect gives us and conveys a lot of data that intertwine and create connections sometimes visible and sometimes invisible between them. The aesthetic expressions of folk costume always bring that thought of how these clothes have carried the desire for a better, more beautiful life in the conditions of everyday life and survival. Folk applied arts must be constantly studied for what they bring, the great variety of colors and at the same time the diverse motifs that express in themselves a rich world. It is of interest to see this wealth, their typology and artistic structure. Clothing has been important to the Albanian, and if we refer to traditions, he dressed his house, his friend's room, as best as possible. If we see with our mind's eye a traditional Albanian guest room, from an ethnographic point of view we encounter careful work in woodwork, ceilings, doors, windows, shelves on the wall next to the fireplace, as well as carpets and other bedding that indicate a refined artistic taste. Likewise, the artistic motifs were extremely beautiful and full of expressions of different figures that inspired spiritual peace in the friend and brought a pleasant atmosphere. The variety of shapes, colors, connected and disconnected between them brought this and expressed all that fantasy that went into a mobile perfection. Thus, the bedding and covers, or the various coverings of walls and domestic environments, are also related to a living space that is as comfortable, cozy, and aesthetic as possible, and always brought to certain spiritual functions that constituted a silent and enlightened aristocracy of the mountaineer ethnos. Likewise, clothing, bedding, and blankets have come from an old tradition, but they have also witnessed different social and economic conditions, the different movements and spaces of these movements, the different influences as a result of the invasions and migrations that the population has made to other areas of Albania or among other peoples.