Exhibition "Dress up with heritage, traditional costumes of Berat" in Apoloni

The exhibition "Dress up with heritage, traditional costumes of Berat" continued its journey in Apollonia, as a collaboration between the Berat National Center of Museums and the archaeological park of Apollonia. The Berat National Center of Museums states that in this exhibition there are a series of photos taken within the "Education through Culture" program, in collaboration with the "Light of Knowledge" school, and carefully taken by the artist Ardian Fezollari, as a celebration of a part of the cultural heritage of the city of Berat, of that spiritual and material wealth that makes us feel unique. The exhibition "Dress up with heritage, traditional costumes of Berat" will remain open until the end of March in the Dining Room of the Monastery of "Saint Mary" (Archaeological Museum) in Apolloni. City clothes such as jackets, coats, vests, they are clearly distinguished from those of other cities of Albania in terms of embroidery elements. For clothing, mainly imported pieces were used, such as purple velvet (rarely cherry), as well as black pieces. In addition to them, high quality silk was also used for the festive clothing of grown-up girls of the middle classes. But, without a doubt, we also find oriental influences in these clothes, such as chitjans, dollama, etc. The exhibition that opened on March 8 in Apollon follows the activities carried out by the Berat National Center of Museums, which is a specialized and archival institution with the status of "national museum" based in the city of Berat, which administers the iconographic museum. Onufri" and the Ethnographic museum. Museums collect, preserve and promote valuable collections of the cultural heritage of the city of Berat and the surrounding area. Berat has been an important center developed especially in the 17th century, a place where important values ??were collected, produced and preserved, which are true treasures of national culture.