What are the Colombian skirts called?
What are the Colombian skirts called?
La Pollera Colora (“brightly colored skirt”) is probably Colombia’s most well-known national costume for women. It consists of a vividly colored skirt paired with a matching, round-necked blouse, which bares (or partially reveals) the shoulders.
What are Colombian skirts made of?
A wide skirt–opened during dance–is made from colorful satin and lace, often with colorful floral decorations.
Do Colombians wear skirts?
Colombia’s traditional women’s dress worn nowadays at fiestas consists of the pollera colora [brightly coloured skirt]. This vividly coloured skirt is matched with a round-necked blouse that reveals the shoulders. Both are decorated with ruffles or lace around the neck or hem.
What is Colombian clothing called?
A ruana (possibly from Spanish ruana “ragged” or Quechua ruana “textile”) is a poncho-style outer garment native to the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes.
