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Splendours of our Homeland - Folk Costumes - Bonnet from Čajkov Issue number
173
Date of issue
12.03.1999
Face value
4.00 Sk

One of the most interesting elements of the Slovak folk costume is the woman's bonnet, which epitomises the beauty, richness and variety of the traditional dress as a whole. The festive bonnet of the Tekov villages, including Čajkova and its environs, is an unusual one. The front part has a broad band composed of five somewhat large, sharp teeth embroidered on tulle on a black base. The back is of tulle with white embroidery on a triangular base of stiff card. This raised the height of the bonnet and lent it the distinctive shape referred to by its wearers as "horned...

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