Xhubleta

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Xhubleta
Woman from Grudë wearing a xhubleta in a 19th-century Pietro Marubi photo.
TypeAlbanian folk skirt
MaterialFelt and black wool
Place of originAlbania
Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage
CountryAlbania
Reference01880
RegionEurope and North America
Inscription history
Inscription2022 (17th session)
ListNeed of Urgent Safeguarding

The xhubleta is an undulating, bell-shaped folk skirt, worn by Albanian women. It usually is hung on the shoulders using two straps. Part of the Albanian traditional clothing, it has 13 to 17 strips and 5 pieces of felt. The bosom and the part of the xhubleta covered by the apron are made out of crocheted black wool.[1] The bell shape is accentuated in the back part.[2]

The xhubleta is a unique type of dress for its particular shape, structure, and decorating system.

Kelmend.[2] It is thought that the diminishing in colors in the last two centuries is due to the limitation of its use only in remote mountainous areas.[2]

The xhubleta was included in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO in 2022.[4][5]

History

The xhubleta has ancient origins.

Mediterranean region, belonging to the second millennium BC, and linking accordingly with old Mediterranean civilisation.[7][8] It is usually decorated with Albanian symbolic elements of ancient pagan origins, such as the symbols of the sun, of the moon, of the stars, eagles, and serpents. The mostly geometric ornaments show the archaic character of this costume.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 978-99943-614-4-1
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  2. ^ a b c Selami Pulaha; Seit Mansaku; Andromaqi Gjergji (1982). Shqiptarët dhe trojet e tyre. 8 Nëntori. pp. 136–138.
  3. ^ a b c Etudes et documents balkaniques et méditerranéens. Paul Henri Stahl. 2001. pp. 34–37.
  4. ^ "UNESCO - Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  5. ^ "Xhubleta shqiptare, tashmë pasuri e gjithë njerëzimit, UNESCO e merr në mbrojtje bashkë me dijebërjen e saj! Margariti: Vendim unanim, copëz Shqipërie për botën - Shqiptarja.com". shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  6. ^ Gjergji 2004, p. 185.
  7. ^ "Database of Cultural Heritage of Kosovo". Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
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