Urban Female Costume (Sarka), Reprint £1 Costumes of Cyprus of 1994 Issue with New Date, Republic of Cyprus

Urban Female Costume (Sarka), Reprint £1 Costumes of Cyprus of 1994 Issue with New Date, Republic of Cyprus

Postage stamps--Cyprus--History

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία

This western style dress based on the "phoustani" (see the 1994 Cypriot Costumes set) reached Cyprus from Greece at the end of the 19th Century as a variant to the so - called "Amalia" national Greek dress. The ensemble comprises a pleated white cotton undergarment, an off white short silk chemise with a bib and flying sleeves, and a long pleated silk skirt. The waist is sash with embroidered ends. Also worn with this outfit is a black felt or velvet jacket (the sarka), which comes with two kinds of gold threaded decorations. The head was covered with a fez from which a short black silk tuft sprouted at the crown and a tassel hung down to the shoulders. The fez was adorned with applied crochet work in the form of flowers
(Extract from: J. Papantoniou, Cyprus Popular Music)

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

22nd June 1998

Designer: A. A. Ioannides

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.

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1998-REPR COSTUMES-1P

35.160417, 33.346556

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