What else can so vividly reflect the history, culture, traditions of the people, if not national clothes. Its color, symbols, ornament, decoration - all this has its own meaning and symbolism.
The original purpose of the ornament
The ornament of clothes, of course, should decorate it, but, it turns out, initially it also performed a different function. The ornament in the Russian folk costume was a kind of protector from evil forces, a talisman, a kind of talisman. That is why the pattern of the ornament is not located anywhere, but in places where the edges of the clothes go into the open surface of the skin, so to speak unprotected. This is a collar, cuffs, hem. Embroiderers enclosed secret signs and ideograms in this ornament, which they individually selected for each owner. These signs were supposed to protect the wearer from an external enemy and from accidental misfortune. Hence the winged expression "He will not regret his shirt." So they spoke of a man who was extremely generous, who was ready to give his shirt, and with it all his protection.
