When the Greeks of Thessaly (Selanik) and Epirus would wear Albanian dress

When the Greeks of Thessaly (Selanik) and Epirus would wear Albanian dress

In the book “Die europäische Türkei” Volume 1, by Ami Boué from 1889, we can read the following:

“The Greek peasants in Thessaly and Epirus wear Albanian-style clothing, namely opanken (red breeches), a short shirt, linen underpants, the phustanella (a pleated calico skirt), the tozluken (or their linen chalzes), a vest with very large armholes, jeleki (a type of vest), and a knee-length overcoat, dolama, made of black or white cloth.

They also have a kind of sleeveless white cloth overcoat that reaches halfway down their feet; this is their phlocota, the fulkata of the Zinzars. They protect themselves from cold and rain with a white, brown, or black cloth cloak without a collar, with a hood and trimmed on one side with hanging wool fringes. These cloaks, called chlamis, usually have only openings for the arms and a small square piece of cloth attached to each arm. They are tied with cords of black goat hair. They are adorned and fastened above the chest with buttons and loops also made of black hair”.

Illustration generated with AI using the historical documentation in the book.

Source

https://www.google.se/books/edition/Die_europ%C3%A4ische_T%C3%BCrkei/U3fVAAAAMAAJ?hl=sv&gbpv=0

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