The pieces of garment that appareled the
body from waist and underneath were varied and of
a great artistic value. The most important ones were
the “zavelca” or the “bosceaua”. They were highly
diverse regarding the color, the ornaments and the
folk art of making them. During the cold season,
women used to wore “pieptare” and “cojoace”, both
with decorative motifs and embroidery, with a highly
elegant chromatical combination of red, violet, black,
orange and navy blue. As for the footwear they wore
“târlici” stranded with wool or made out of cloth,
leather or wood slippers, leather “opinci”(foot plates)
and shoes with buttons.
The traditional shirt comes under two main
types: the straight shirt and the yoke shirt. The feast
shirt was strictly ornamental while the work shirt had
none. During the summer days, men used to wore
“ismene” and during the cold season they wore the
“nădragii”. They also wore fabric vests, “ilice” and
wool waist belt. As for footwear, they had leather
“opinci”(foot plates) with “obiele”(some kind of
socks) underneath them. During the feast days, they
wore black jackboots, leather safety toes and
trampers. There were also ornamental breastplates,
sheepskin coats, “şuba”, hats and caps.