Opanak

The Opanke ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: opanak, macedonian: опинок; Bulgarian: цървул / опинок, Romanian: opincă, Albanian: opinga ) is a sandal -like, flexible shoe without an insole and heel.

It is carved from one piece of leather, in which the sole is often associated with a beak -shaped bent- tip by a Flechtnaht or belt to the shaft. Originally Opanke from a rectangular piece of rawhide was manufactured. This Technique makes the shoe extremely flexible and comfortable. Here, the sole conforms to the foot and are so its movement again.

It is related to the Bundschuh and the European form of moccasins. Occasionally, their shape is taken up in the summer footwear.

Origin and Distribution

The Opanke is an archetype of the shoe, and probably of Celtic origin. Thus, peasant shoes in the 19th century in Ireland, Iceland, Italy ( Apulia), Faroe Islands, worn on the North Sea and in the Basque Country. In Afghanistan, Iran and the Caucasus and Turkestan footwear was common.

The Opanke is primarily known as a traditional footwear of the rural population of some (South ) Eastern European nations in three basic forms. This could vary the details of Opanke between the ethnic groups. For example, contributed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbs pointed, the Bosniaks and the Croats front rounded black colored peasant shoes.

Others

Opanci are occasionally the subject of literary narratives (eg Opanci dida Vidurinė [ The opanci grandfather Vidurinas ] of Mile Budak ).