The girl in the middle is wearing a brocade sarafan

A Sarafan (Russian: сарафан, from Persian sеrāрā) is a traditional Russian long, shapeless jumper dress worn as Russian folk costume by women and girls. Download high resolution version (800x692, 209 KB) Early color photograph from Russia, created by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915. ... Download high resolution version (800x692, 209 KB) Early color photograph from Russia, created by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915. ... Sarafan may refer to one of the following. ... Farsi redirects here. ... For other uses, see Tradition (disambiguation). ... A jumper dress (or jumper in American English; pinafore dress, pinafore, or pinny in British English) is a sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse or sweater. ...

It was the dress worn by peasant girls and women in the central and northern part of Russia until the 20th century. Russian women from the upper and middle classes stopped wearing traditional Russian costume, apart from the kokoshniks as part a court dress in the 18th century, during Peter the Great's Westernization of Russia (Although clothing style of Russian aristocrats differed greatly from those of commoners). It is now worn as folk costume to perform Russian folk songs and folk dancing in. In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: in fact, hunger and harsh winters were realities for the average European in the... A traditional head-dress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan. ... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... Folk Dancing is a general term for dances from various countries that are normally performed during social events by people with little or no professional training. ...

A simple black sarafan

Sarafans could be of single piece construction with thin shoulder straps over which corset is sometimes worn giving the shape of the body of a smaller triangle over a larger one. It comes in different styles such as the simpler black, flower- or check-patterned versions formerly used everyday wear or the elaborate brocade versions formerly reserved for special occasions. The head-dress usually worn with the sarafan today in folk performances is the kokoshnik, although in the past a headscarf tied under the chin or at the back of the head was part of the everyday dress. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1712x2288, 1363 KB) Photo made by my mother, Hanna Zelenko. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1712x2288, 1363 KB) Photo made by my mother, Hanna Zelenko. ... A luxury hourglass corset from 1878. ... A triangle. ... A traditional head-dress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan. ...

Plain sarafans are still designed and worn today as a summer-time light dress without the traditional Russian blouse. They can be worn during folk music and dance performances and are produced as souvenirs. Island of Salvation Botanica, Piety Street, Bywater neighborhood, New Orleans Folk art describes a wide range of objects that reflect the craft traditions and traditional social values of various social groups. ... For other uses, see Souvenir (disambiguation). ...

The sarafan is also worn by women for English Northwest clog morris dance. This is not given the Russian name. The simplified form worn by modern Russian folk dance groups is indistiguisable from the English one. This is pure coincidence.^{[citation needed]} Cotswold morris with handkerchiefs A morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied with music. ...

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