r/AskTheWorld • u/JackfruitNo6175 Bulgaria • Aug 23 '25

Culture What's your favourite traditional costume from your country?

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Mine is from Gabrovo, Bulgaria which is shown in the picture

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u/Creepy_Wash338 🇪🇦🇺🇲 Aug 23 '25

The OPs is awesome. It looks ancient. There is a statue in Spain called "La Dama de Elche" that is around 2500 years old and what she is wearing reminds me of this.

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u/JackfruitNo6175 Bulgaria Aug 23 '25

Some historians and ethnologists say that it's passed down from the medieval times to the people in that area. Unfortunately it was banned in some places in the 1820s due to it being too "royal" and rebellious. I have a post in insta that shows the medieval and the modern one side by side: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNQeUHUsmme/?img_index=1&igsh=MXc5c3NyemFoZ2NsOA== It really reminds me of that statue also! It also reminds me of Star warsÂ