Summary Wraps and headscarves: traditions and fashion in Panemunėlis area Inga Nėnienė The fashion and traditions of wearing wraps and
headscarves by women in the area of Panemunėlis in 20th century and the
beginning of the 21st c. has been discussed in the paper. Based on field
investigations performed by the author in 2001 and the data of precedent
years collected by other researchers, an attempt is made to analyse the
appearance of headcloths, headscarves and wraps, peculiarities of their
weave and decoration, as well as traditional wear originality as the
expression of ethnocultural and confessional identity. The olden
headcloths, wimples, had disappeared in the area discussed at the
beginning of the 20th century. They were replaced by headscarves weaved
at home in a great variety of styles or shop-bought. Warm shoulder
scarveswool wrapshad been popular by mid-20th century both by
Lithuanian Catholic or Russian Olden Orthodox women for everyday or
festive sacral wearing. Ethnic originality had been expressed by colours
and weaving style. At the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st
century, a tradition to cover head and shoulder remained typical only of
the Russian Old believers during the sacral ceremonies caused by
specific requirements of this confession. The confessional requirements
for Lithuanian Catholic women were more liberal and the tradition to
cover the head became similar in regard to everyday and sacral
environment. Use of headscarves became unfashionable for both young and
adult women, while wrapping the shoulders remained in rare cases for an
extraordinary case or within the environment of folklore activities. |