Romanian dress

Romanian dress refers to the traditional clothing worn by Romanians, who live primarily in Romania and Moldova, with smaller communities in Ukraine and Serbia. Today, the vast majority of Romanians wear modern style dress on most occasions, and the garments described here largely fell out of use during the 20th century. However, they can still be seen in more remote areas, on special occasions, and at ethnographic and folk events. Each historical region has its own specific variety of costume.
Romanian traditional clothing can be classified according to six traditional regions. These can be further subdivided by ethnographic zones, which may range between 40 and 120, depending on the criteria used.
The seven main regions are:



Transylvania or Ardeal

 

The western plains: Lower Mureș Plain, Criș Plain (Crișul Negru, Crișul Alb, Crișul Repede), Lower Someș Plain (Oaș Country)

Banat, including Timiș Meadow and Caraș-Severin

Wallachia, including Oltenia and Muntenia

The Lower Danube, including Bărăgan, Dobruja and southern Moldavia

Moldavia, including Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transnistria

Balkans or Romanians of the Balkan Peninsula, which can be further subdivided into four areas:

The Daco-Romanians along the borders: Cadrilater (Bulgaria), Timok (northwestern Bulgaria and eastern Serbia), Vojvodina/Serbian Banat and Ukraine (especially around Chernivtsi and Odessa)

Istro-Romanians in Istria, Croatia

Macedo-Romanians (or Aromanians) Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Macedonia

Megleno-Romanians in Greece and Maincedonia.