Bashlyk

Baschlik is a hood -like hood with two long corners that can be wrapped around the neck like a scarf. The Baschlik consists mostly of wool, of cotton or of rare inwardly turned sheepskin and is occasionally decorated on the outside.

The Baschlik is worn as a cold - weather protection with traditionally over the helmet or on the papakha of the peoples of the Caucasus, particularly the North Caucasus and some riders peoples of the north bordering the Eurasian steppes, such as the Nogaiern. Of these peoples took no later than the 18th century, the Russian-Ukrainian Cossacks the Baschlik. Today, the Baschlik is a traditional garment primarily among the peoples of the Caucasus and the Cossacks.

The word itself comes from the Turkic languages ​​and is derived from basch = "head" down, thus means " the Kopfige ", the head supported.

He was probably brought during the liberation wars in the early 19th century by Russian Cossacks to Germany, is mentioned in Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks and Dora hollow box The poor Josefa and can already be found on Persian reliefs in Persepolis.

Already medieval manuscripts show members of some historical steppe peoples like the Khazars, Pechenegs and Kipchaks, with Baschlik.

The origins of this headgear can be traced back possibly to the oldest rider nomadic peoples in ancient times. The Scythians are almost always depicted in ancient representations with such hoods, which at that time referred to as the Scythian cap or Phrygian Cap. Even ancient Persians and the god Mithras was often depicted with this hat. In contrast to the Phrygians (whose hoods were often not made ​​of wool ), the long tail were already widespread among the Scythians. The Scythians related Central Asian Sakas used similar but usually much higher hoods, such as antique illustrations and archeological findings. Because of some epoch very poor evidence base for südrussisch -Caucasian region, a seamless continuity of the Scythian cap for Baschlik not be proven with certainty, the Achaemenid research goes but from a continuity and called these ancient headgear often with the ( younger ) word " Baschlik ".