The male costume that is named "Podies" (aprons) is made from local white cotton buckram of loom and is constituted from a) underwear that in the old days had the form of loose trousers and years later was changed in narrow trousers, b) the apron of a shirt that reaches almost the ankles and is open in the sides, c) the black loose belt, d) the “kamizora”, a kind of crisscross waistcoat, e) the “gouneli” or “richtari”, woolen cardigan without sleves that were worn in winter and f) the “mantilia” or “tsevredes”, accessories of neck and head.
The feminine costume, white as the male one, is constituted from a) apron, a type of shirt that reaches the ankles, b) “boustomaniko”, where the sleeves are jointed, c) “pristida”, main dress that is characterized by the vertical tucks of ridge and is shorter than the apron, d) the belt, a red, woolen band that joins in the front and is placed on the hips, e) “mpoustomantilo” or ”tsevres”, that covers breast and f) turban, the complicated cover of head, orange for girls and wedded women until 30 years old and white for the older. Specifically for the daily works they used a) the “fanti brostela” weaver as apron with woollen decorations from the loom, b) “mpampakou”, white triangular cover strengthened above the forehead also triangular with geometric shapes on it and c) “heroftries”, knitted gloves from cotton thread, leaving the fingers bare.
The costume of Pyrgi is unique in the entire Greece. It had effects from the Byzantium and from the East. It was conservative as their dance and their songs. |