Matyó népviselet

Matyó Regions

They live in Borsod county, in Mezõkövesd and Szentistván. The most colorful and ornamented clothes were worn here.
People have earned money as farm laboures who workwd in distant large estates. Their subsistence was really difficult between the two world war, in spite of it these people set great store by dressing.
However the fashion of this age was wearing short skirt, the Matyó girls and women wore skirts reached to the ground. These skirts had a special bell-shape because of the extremely wide frill sewn to the underskirt.
Women had a colorful summer shirt called "fellökõ" and a winter shirt called "litya". Their head-dress was a screwed shawl. Brides wore a high and wide wreath on their head.
Men wore the two metres wide shirt, the embroidered apron called "surc" and the high "Bárci" hat, which was worn by a short man (the village mayor's son) in the begining of the century.



		*Matyó Regions* They live in Borsod county, in Mezõkövesd and Szentistván. The most colorful and ornamented clothes were worn here. People have earned money as farm laboures who workwd in distant large estates. Their subsistence was really difficult between the two world war, in spite of it these people set great store by dressing. However the fashion of this age was wearing short skirt, the Matyó girls and women wore skirts reached to the ground. These skirts had a special bell-shape because of the extremely wide frill sewn to the underskirt. Women had a colorful summer shirt called "fellökõ" and a winter shirt called "litya". Their head-dress was a screwed shawl. Brides wore a high and wide wreath on their head. Men wore the two metres wide shirt, the embroidered apron called "surc" and the high "Bárci" hat, which was worn by a short man (the village mayor's son) in the begining of the century.	"Matyó" old woman in a leaves sheding like dress and a guy in a special waistcoat called "surc" Write bride with amice from Mezõkövesd, "Matyó" bride from Szentistván (Borsod county) "Matyó" old woman working with spinning wheel "Matyó" woman with screwed shawlin a special folk costum, Mezõkövesd