2025/12/02 by Dr. Irmgard Sedler
#1st third 20th century #2nd third 20th century #Austria #Beclean #Bistrița #Cultural Anthropology #Cultural history #Hungary #Marriage (Process) #Migration history #National dress #Olifantsfontein #Riding coat #Romania #South Africa #Textile art #Transylvania #Wedding cloak #Wedding custom #World War II #Árokalja
paper · doi:10.25355/hskd-bn73
Among the numerous pieces of traditional costume at the Transylvanian Museum in Gundelsheim is one whose change of ownership and the resulting journey render it a fitting symbol of the collective fate of entire families, indeed entire Saxon village communities from northern Transylvania in the 20th century.