View GIZZERIA woman in costume GIZZERIA woman in costume
[Photo] The oldest part of the country, usually consist of nine houses, arranged in a circle around a larghetto about 50 square meters, a time to defend themselves and to gather the cattle, but more often run along streets and alleyways that make up the irregular open corridor for different homes.
The plots of the political and economic life are the oldest two, enclosed on one side by two churches, where there is a beautiful and revered statues of St. John the Baptist and Our Lady of Mount Caramel. Other two are more recent but born from town because that is the technical coordination of the construction of settlements demographic, which tends to make the best conditions of life and productivity of the population. The typical country
Once in town, located on a slope to a need for defensive and hygienic because, no drainage, the country had to "wash" the first rains, there was no night life as the poor 'lighting. Then came electricity and water, domestic and industrial which abused a bit 'too much, the sewerage network, the stone pavement, bitumen, iron, cement, etc.. So every house has an electric hob and gas, toilet with hot bath, rooms with tile floor, wood and marble instead of clay raw and cooked, covered with concrete stairs and plastering, so that, seen from afar, the country no longer has the old black patina, but Glimmers of the Sun and, after dark, has a night life in the streets, bars and homes.
Example of tenement-houses gave more
House of spontaneous architecture, built of stone and lime mortar about 40-50 square meters, with small windows without symmetry, now with balconies, a tower usually attached to other homes in isolated, sometimes, of incomparable beauty, classic trio is composed of living: Storage room with fireplace and table, but often the kitchen is open-entry to the warehouse on the alley with two hinged doors at the same leaf of where a high mid-called "Porticella" used against animals wandering around the country, but also for light and air at once.
The old wardrobe of the room consisted of two boxes, where the women kept the role of the family and their costume. The costume is made visible by the white petticoat on the ankle, as covered by red cloth, black or mixed color. The dress is a skirt and apron tied behind grand piano. The bust is covered by the corset over blouse with stiff collars and that stuffs in the bodice. The forearms are covered with hand embroidered sleeves. The head is covered with black Mantila.
The origin of this custom is certainly natural: he seems to want to imitate the plumage some bi-colored birds, with hat and long tail, but the source could also be because it is inspired by the mythical siren, half bird and half woman, who lived in Ligeia Terina and her companions had for the nymphs and Pandino terein, affixed on some silver coins among the most beautiful of the greek world.
Beside the house there is usually a small room, where he holds the wood for the fire and the branches for the oven, and even the donkey but now is almost entirely abandoned. Its importance to animal distinctly rustic, docile and undemanding in terms of hygiene and food for your job enough, it's been great for us that we have 3 / 4 of hilly and mountainous terrain without strade, e non solo per noi perché importato dall'Africa, si è sviluppato ovunque, specialmente a Pantelleria, in Sicilia, Puglia, Sardegna, Catalogna formando proprie razze.
Donna in costume
Nota: per una monografia sul costume tipico rimandiamo a un lavoro di Camillo Trapuzzano, "Il costume femminile a Gizzeria", in cui viene fornita un'analisi storica sull'evoluzione del costume di Gizzeria nel tempo, con riferimento alla tradizione albanese, in larga misura perduto
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