Gallery of European traditional costumes & cultural uniforms 3

Slovenia:
Slovene costumes are unusual in their own, though very similar to their Slavic cousins in Croatia to the southeast. There is a presence of German influence in the male legging, a legacy of Austrian rule for five centuries.





Malta:
Maltese costumes are incredibly unique, reflecting the island nation's distinct history as an independent people. They are largely believed to be related genetically to the Italians and Mediterannean peoples with a similar culture, though they speak a language related to Arabic that they inherited either from the ancient Phoenecians or from the conquering Muslim Arabs. We see some Italian, Greek, and Turkish influence in their dress.






Bosnia:
Bosnia's costumes are very different due to their unusual history in the Balkans. They are a Slavic people speaking a Slavic language, though some 40% of their population is nominally Islamic due to nearly 500 years of Turkish rule and often forced conversion. Thus, we see a slight Turkish style in their clothing.






Albania:
As Europe's sole Muslim-majority nation (Albania is 70% Muslim, though highly nominal), Albanian clothing is expresses blatant Turkish influences as a result of nearly 500 years of Ottoman rule following the victory of their jihad against Gjergj Skanderbeg. We see some Greek and Slavic influences also, preceding the Islamic assault.






Serbia, Montenegro:
Serbia as one of Europe's proudest Slavic peoples has a distinctly Slavic traditional dress generally free of foreign influence, reflecting Serbs' historic resilience to foreign conquest even during hundreds of years of Turkish Ottoman rule. Montenegrins, an independent nation yet again after 2006 after breaking from Serbia, have largely the same genetic, cultural, and linguistic heritage as the Serbs, but a distinct history and costume. Montenegro was one of the few Balkan states to remain free from the Ottoman orbit (typically called "Zeta"), but was included into Yugoslavia in 1918 and again under the socialist union after 1944.





Montenegrin costumes:



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