Back To Crafts Again

Today I'd like to show you more photos that I took at the Festival of Transylvanian Crafts. This is the second part of my adventure, you can check the first part here.

I was looking forward to this event, mostly to see what can bring new to us. Being the first edition this year, I knew it's going to be a test, but even so, the whole thing exceeded my expectations.

I was hoping to see a lot of workshops, mainly to show people how those beautiful things are done, but also to let them try it out as where else you have a chance to try these out?

This lady was weaving. She was doing the work, but I suppose if I would have asked her to let me try it, she wouldn't have said no.

Now imagine yourself living in the 18th or 19th century and making all the clothes you see on the photo, by hand, as the lady did.

This is a traditional Hungarian folk costume, specific to Transylvania. Sometimes the apron has a red and black floral embroidery. Sometimes the stripes on the skirt are thicker. It depends on the region.

Believe it or not, the man in the photo was making those black strings you see on the vest. That's a specific decorative element you see on the Hungarian folk costumes, pants, vests, jackets.

There's an army uniform on the photo above, which is also specific to Hungarian army.

The Order of Vitéz (Hungarian: Vitézi Rend; frequently spelled in English as 'Vitez') is a Hungarian order of merit which was founded in 1920. It was awarded as a state honour from 1920 to 1944, and continues as a semi-independent order of chivalry under Captain General vitéz József Károly von Habsburg, head of the Palatinal branch of the House of Habsburg. source

That is the Vitéz uniform. These days it is worn at official parades and festive events only, otherwise it's not in use. Imagine going on the field with such a uniform :)

These were genuine leather products. There was no live demonstration here, but I'm going to show you one soon.

Those sandals look tempting, but I don't know if I could wear those. I had a pair when I was a teenager and loved them. Looking at the bags, I could pick one, although the majority is not my style. These are not cheap though. Leather is expensive, but at least you have a product to wear for a good few years.

I took a quick photo of this lady in that nice folk costume. She was speaking Hungarian, but don't know which part of the world she represented as I've never seen that folk costume before. Not that I know them all though :)

There were a lot of goodies on that table. I love these and would be happy to buy some, but what stops me is the price (not cheap at all) and their weight. I'm used to fine porcelain and these are heavy :) But I'm going to buy a big pot with a lid for stuffed cabbage.

These were handmade boots and shoes, specific to Hungarian fold wear.

The man was making shoes by hand. There are not many left in this industry as mass production is more profitable and the costs of making handmade shoes are not something many can afford or are willing to pay. However, these traditional shoes, boots can't be bought just anywhere.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think these nice ladies were from Hungary. (After checking the photos below, turns out they are from a Transylvanian village, called Barcaság (Țara Bârsei in Romanian). As you can see, when the lady saw me preparing to take a photos, she smiled at the camera. There was no protest against photos here. She showed me around politely as well.

They mainly had cross stitched products and some ceramics on this table. Beautiful work though.

Crocheted jewellery is becoming popular, I see these items more and more often. I hope they can sell them too.

And this is where things get interesting. Do you see those big eggs? 👀

Those are real eggshells, made like lace. Have you ever seen such thing? Imagine the work and the risk such a work involves. Eggshells are extremely fragile, so you need a lot of practice to not break them. The big ones are ostrich eggs, the small ones are chicken eggs.

These are two cropped photos for you to see them from close. These are not cheap, the small ones were at 20€ and the big ones were at 20€.

And those red eggs are the traditional Hungarian Easter eggs.

I love these eggs, can't ever stop admiring them. A few years ago I had an attempt with my nice, we wanted to try out the technique and failed miserably 😄

These were cheaper as they were at 2€. However, to buy a basket of eggs, you had to spend at least 20€.

I hope you could find something nice you like today. Let me know in a comment.

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