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Bohemian
Association
Costume
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Bohemian |
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Descendants of Puhoi and Ohaupo (New Zealand) Pioneers Originating from Bohemia |
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Back in the homeland of Bohemia, Egerland, we have discovered that our people had worn a traditional costume called "tracht". The area of Egerland was divided into 9 parts, each having their own individual tracht for the woman. The mans tracht remained similar throughout the areas. This is something we have learnt since the 1980's, when a contact was made with fellow Egerlander's now living in Germany (since being expelled from the Egerland in 1945). This saw a number of us making the trek back to the homeland to visit the places which our forefathers had left from, this was an amazing time for us, from this time a wonderful relationship has grown between our contacts / friends / extended family. They have provided us with
some tracht and knowledge and materials to make our own, they have Our people came from the lower part of Bohemia, in the Chotieschauer area, now looking back at some of the old photos we have found evidence of our people wearing the Chotieschauer Tracht in the homeland.
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