Culture Costumes Women’s costume with the sayias, Cappadocia Women’s costume with the sayias, Cappadocia Γυναικεία φορεσιά με σαγιά, Καππαδοκία
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1 Headband A black cotton headband with a gold-embroidered band above the forehead ending in a row of coins. At the back it forms a point with coloured plant motifs and ties over the corner of the headscarf. 2 Sayias A long overcoat of seven panels, here in rust-brown and blue, with vertically set sleeves, gold braid on the seams, white trim along the front opening and fourteen silver buttons on the chest. 3 Chest of the sayias Fourteen silver buttons across the chest. 4 White undersleeves White undersleeves sewn inside the sayias’s cuffs. 5 Vraka White at the top, with woven checked legs in white, grey and orange. Gold braid at the sides at thigh height and elastic at the waist and ankles. 6 Apron A rectangular blue apron with a brown border and a brown strip down the middle, embroidered with a blue zigzag line. It ties with two brown ribbons. 7 Sash Purple, with thin woven horizontal stripes in red, orange and purple. Two small yellow kerchiefs hung from it.
Costume Women’s
Occasion Festive A Cappadocian women’s costume with a long overcoat, the sayias, over trousers with checked legs. The sayias is sewn from seven panels in two colours, with gold braid on the seams and silver buttons on the chest. A rectangular blue apron is tied at the front and a striped sash at the waist. Pieces of it are kept by the Lykeion ton Ellinidon of Naoussa.
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