Thursday 29 August 2013

Colourful dresses

As I took a horse and cart ride through the town of Malaga there were plenty of local people shopping and the clothes they were wearing were very traditional and different to what I'm used to.

Many Spanish citizens dress in their traditional wears for festivals and bullfights which include heavy and rich colourful fabrics and gold and silver decorations.


The national dress of Spain is the Trajes de faraleas for the females and traje corto for the males. The Trajes de faraleas is brightly coloured with many layers of ruffles in the skirt and sleeves that swish around as they walk. The traje corto is short jacket worn with highwaisted pants, white shirt, coloured waistband and the notable wide brimmed hat known as the sombrero de alanche.




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