Analysis of the Identity Peculiarities of the Traditional Romanian Shirts from the Republic of Moldova
The traditional shirt/blouse, submitted in the traditional costume patrimony, is one of the most important elements that is valued by artistic and symbolic valences attributed to the creators that told, and still tell, with the help of a single needle and thread, their life stories, aspirations, explaining the connection between people and nature, the divine. Several terms are used concerning this garment, identified as [8] Romanian shirt, old shirt, shirt, Carpathian shirt. The traditional costume is an expression of popular art, which, as Nicolae Iorga claims [8], is of the political and social substrate and is the most precious source of identity of the psychology of the Romanian people.
