The area of Poland where we live is

Kashubia

Traditional Kashubian costume

Kashubia and kashubian costome is famous for its embroidery. Because of the poverty of the soil, it produces flowers that are stringy but that are colourful. There are seven main colours in Kashubian  Embroidery DARK BLUE represents the Baltic Sea MEDIUM BLUE the colour of the Kashubian Lakes LIGHT BLUE for the sky YELLOW represents both the sand and amber GREEN represents meadows and forests RED symbolizes in the heart and love BLACK sorrow and adversity

Embroideries on blouses and aprons

Front The Back

A skirt can be red or blue

Black shoeshttp://www.perfekt.krakow.pl/costumes/kaszuby

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