FUSTANELLA

ZEUS10 Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:22 am

The Fustanella is a fold skirt, which is carried particularly in Albania and Greece(by Arvanites), traditionally by men, thus a man skirt. It can appear a short stiff skirt , usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, and in the country of its origin Albania(or Epirus) we also find the long version. The foustanela was worn by the Albanian fighters of the 1821 revolution. It's been some time now, that the newly created nations, try to claim any Albanian heritage as their own. The following pictures/photos is in response to those false claims and show that this dress is exclusively originated from Albanian folks.

FUSTANELLA 34j97c6

ZEUS10 Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:52 am

The similarity betwen Alexander costume and Albanian is astonishing.

FUSTANELLA 9g90si

Sometime the Greek imagination goes further, insinuating that Albanians borrowed that dress from the Greeks and thats why the dress fades out in North Albania.
Its not true that fustanella is present only in the south Albania. The following photos will prove how false is their propaganda.

Shkoder Albania(north) in traditional costumes:

FUSTANELLA 20gn0c1

Ulqin Montenegro(beyond todays Albanian border)

FUSTANELLA Zlcay0

ZEUS10 Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:00 am

Even the King of Greece after the independence is wearing an Arnavut(albanian in turkish language) costume and not a Greek one because theirs is just a borrowing-stealing from us.

FUSTANELLA 15zny3s

1865 KING OF GREECE IN ..ALBANIAN COSTUME

FUSTANELLA 261p013

ZEUS10 Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:29 am

The upper class costume
FUSTANELLA 296hvvb

which is the same with Byron's

FUSTANELLA 2zh3wqa

ZEUS10 Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:52 am

Albanian dance (Gjirokastra)
FUSTANELLA 350l5px

Arnauts(Albanians) playing chess
FUSTANELLA W1ze4p

Leka Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:37 am

Leka Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:00 pm

Illyrian warriors wearing fustanella protecting their queen Teuta.

FUSTANELLA A0ewes

ZEUS10 Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:54 pm

Let's see who borrowed from who..

FUSTANELLA J0wbyp

ZEUS10 Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:42 am

The short garment appears on the ancient artifacts:

FUSTANELLA 1yr12b

Since most of the greatest fighters of the so called Greek revolution were from Epirus(Albanians) and Arvanites(Albanians) the new Greek state adopted this costume as a garment for the Evzones, Proedriki Froura (Presidential Guard), an elite ceremonial unit that guards the Greek Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

FUSTANELLA R9li6v

All the the reliable historical sources tell us that this dress is an original Arbanite(Epiriote-Albanian) dress, but
we really dont need to look the historical sources, to understand where this version was adopted from, just take a look at these pictures:

FUSTANELLA 28jl0jo

AuLoNa Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:20 pm

$FUSTANELLA T3$

Peloponnessos, Greece (1830)

Albanian warriors introduced the fustanella into the Peloponnese region. Created by special tailors, this garment measured up to 40 yards around and was made of white linen panels which were covered with fat for waterproofing. A short, richly decorated jacket worn over a full-sleeved white shirt, embroidered leggings or white stockings, a sash and fez completed the outfit.
The women wears a misofori or muslin petticoat, and a kalpaki on her head, with a fancy tassle. A silk gown over a fine chemise with an embroidered front showed a low neckline. Over this was worn a short, fitted velvet jacket embroidered with gold braid.

Leka Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:52 pm

Christian turks should be punished just for gaying everything up lol!

ZEUS10 Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:47 am

Fustanella is very common garment among the Labs, a warlike Albanian race:

FUSTANELLA 6engc4

Sykalter Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:18 am

Thanks for post so many great pictures. It is a joke when you see the fustanella and such referred to as Greek dress as anyone who knows anything knows the fustanella is Albanian. Any traditional costume worn by Greeks or Turks was stolen from others. lol

sulioti Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:22 pm

Fustanella i thon grekt,shqip eshte FUSTAN;
fustan=fus+tan=fus tan trupin ne fustan.
Nese dikush e shikon te arsyeshme ta shkruaj ne anglisht kete qe thash me lart le ta bej, qe te dim dhe cfare do te thote FUSTAN jo per na nje gje.

Greeks call it Fustanella, in Albanian is Fustan;
fustan=fus+tan= fus tan body in the dress

AuLoNa Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:10 pm

ZEUS10 Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:04 am

Sometimes even the women get envolved in the military actions, so they wear the same dress as the men do.

FUSTANELLA Qnr1mu

ZEUS10 Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:29 am

Arnaut(Albanian) smoking:

FUSTANELLA R9ii44

Arnaut of Cairo at the gate of Babylon

FUSTANELLA 2ighisj

Arnaut officers & Egyptian recruits crossing the desert

FUSTANELLA 2ywdenk

Albanian soldier resting

FUSTANELLA 156ab8x

ZEUS10 Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:39 am

Arvanites in Athen welcoming King Otto

FUSTANELLA 2wp2m91

Bayron (picture) in Albanian costume

FUSTANELLA 2mhvtpf

Tosk Albanians

FUSTANELLA J7z4g4

Tirana Albania, men in the national costume

FUSTANELLA 2yjqzpz

ZEUS10 Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:53 am

Sykalter wrote:Thanks for post so many great pictures. It is a joke when you see the fustanella and such referred to as Greek dress as anyone who knows anything knows the fustanella is Albanian. Any traditional costume worn by Greeks or Turks was stolen from others. lol

The Greek thieves will never stop stealing Albanian culture and heroes:

FUSTANELLA 2uruq09

The above Hero is Theodhor Kollokotroni an ARVANITE=ALBANIAN and the soldiers dancing in the background are the same with these Tosk Albanians:

FUSTANELLA 2zi302u