![]() Woman from Grudë wearing a xhubleta in a 19th-century Pietro Marubi photo. | |
Type | Albanian folk skirt |
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Material | Felt and black wool |
Place of origin | Albania |
Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage | |
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Country | Albania |
Reference | 01880 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Inscription history | |
Inscription | 2022 (17th session) |
List | Need of Urgent Safeguarding |
The Xhubleta is an undulating, bell-shaped folk skirt, traditionally worn by Albanian women in northern Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro. It is a garment that survived from ancient times exclusively in Albanian inhabited territories,[1] and it is a unique type of dress for its particular shape, structure, and decorating system.[2] There are two types of xhubleta: one is narrow and the other is large.[2] The Xhubleta was included in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO in 2022.[3][4]
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