To start off, I know mainly about the Gorals, who live in the Tatry mountains in southern poland, and all this may be similar for other cultures, I don't know. The source for all of this is my Dziadek, who is not a goral but lived around them for quite a few years. He is starting to lose his memory, so I am trying to keep his stories and knowledge as alive as possible.
To start off, the Gorals historically were mostly animal farmers, especially sheep. All their clothes were made from the wool of the sheep, and had to be made very skillfully to keep the wearer warm enough to survive in a region where it snows six months of the year. This made woolen clothes a kind of symbol of pride- like 'look, I am farming sheep well and wearing their wool, I am skillful'. Sort of like a farmer having a feast.
The embroidery, which looks very stereotypically Eastern European and in my opinion, quite beautiful, is another important part of the dress for the same reason. It also shows skillful handling of wool- dyeing, spinning, etc- and skillful craftsmanship in making the clothing.
How important clothing was ended up making sewing to be seen as quite a manly task in the culture, which I think is very cool. Just shows how gender roles are entirely dependant on culture and not set in stone for everyone. It also means my Dziadek, despite living in Western countries with Western gender roles for the last 35 years, still views sewing as a manly task and will not hesitate to sew some new curtains or fix his granddaughters dress or whatever else needs doing.
Today, the Tatry region in Poland is very catered towards tourists, but you do still see people walking around in traditional dress. It is absolutely gorgeous, and I really do recommend going if you ever have the chance. Here's a few pictures from my trip to Zakopane:
This is so detailed and beautiful omg...Thank you so much for sharing such precious stories and history, I finally know they are called Gorals! I always wonder but don't know how to find more info about this. And the pictures omg it's so beautiful, I always love this kind of scenery....
Poland is so full of culture and so many part of the culture are different Im so glad my arts reach a lot of Polish peaple who willing to help me learn more about their cultures, like you did for me.
I thank you so so much... this is very precious to me like you have no idea,when I graduate in a few months I swear Poland will be first on my Europe culture travel list!❤️❤️
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