Barretina

A barretina ( Catalan for " cap " or " small cap ") is a pocket-shaped, red or dark purple wool hat with a black border. Until the 19th century the barretina was the typical headgear of the male rural population in many parts of Catalonia and Ibiza. It is usually worn so that the bag-shaped extension of the hat falls forward, diagonally forward or to the side.

Origin and Meaning

Originally this type of cap was worn by sailors throughout the Christian Mediterranean. It is narrated from Provence, from Valencia, Corsica, Sardinia, Naples, and parts of Portugal and the Balkans.

In its form, the barretina reminiscent of the Phrygian cap (also known as Phrygian cap of the French Revolution known). It is therefore presumed that this type of headgear of the Phrygians coming from Asia Minor about the Phoenician and later Greek colonies in the Mediterranean took their dissemination. Backed this is not.

Nowadays barretina is a symbol of Catalonia, but usually only at public festivals or folk events - worn - such as the Sardana dance. It is prevalent, however, still with the traditional Catalan nativity figures, such as the Caganer.

Famous barretina support the recent past include the poet Jacint Verdaguer, the artist Salvador Dalí and the composer Pau Casals.

Variants

There are numerous variants of the barretina:

  • Barretina plana ( " Simple barretina " ) is worn and dropping forward
  • Barretina de Garbi ( "Southwest wind barretina " ) is worn to the side falling
  • Barretina llarga ( "Long barretina " ) is carried falling backwards
  • Barretina de niu ( " Nest- Barre Tina " ) is worn with indented top
  • Barre d' Tina arròs i fideus or barretina d' escórrer fesols ( "Rice and Vermicelli barretina " or " bean - dripping -Barre Tina " ): slightly smaller, conical and with a tassel at the end, typical of the region of Empordà
  • Barretina de capellà ( " priest -Barre Tina " ): black silk, was worn by priests
  • Barretina de dormir ( "sleep -Barre Tina " ) of white fabric for the night, similar to the old German sleepyhead
  • Barretina de dos cairells ( " two-sided barretina " ) with a black lining, so that they can be turned inside out even in bereavement support
  • Barretina de marine ( " navigator -Barre Tina "): Not quite as long as the barretina plana
  • Barretina musca ( " Dark purple barretina " ): dark purple variant of Barre Tina was, in some parts of the country reserved for the landed gentry, while the red was worn by staff
  • Barretina de notari ( " notary barretina " ): smaller, darker in color and with lines on the front
  • Barretina Vermella ( " Red barretina " ): solid red, corresponds to the Phrygian cap
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