| COSTUME
OF CASTIADAS
 Castiadas
is a young community, only obtaining its independence in 1986.
Before this it belonged to Muravera council. The inhabitants of
Castiadas come from many areas, but a significant number come
from the Sarrabus which is also the region where the council is
found.
Castiadas decided to adopt the old costume of the Sarrabus as
its traditional dress after in-depth research on old texts by
senior members of the community, to establish the definitive version.
It is made up of the following:
 MEN’S
COSTUME
- SA CAMISA, - a white cloth shirt,
open at the front with an embroidered strip along the opening.
- SA SPRIGHITA – the shirt is gathered
at the wrists, sleeves and neck and is closed with a black velvet
ribbon holding two gold, silver and iron buttons which, in former
times, indicated the social status of a person.
- I BRAGASA – very wide and puffy linen
trousers, reaching below the knee.
- IS CRAZZAS - black cloth stockings which start
at the knee and cover the shoe almost entirely.
- IS CRAZO’ISI DE ARRODA – short,
wide, black cloth kilt
- SU CROPETTU - a waistcoat in black cloth and
coarse fabric, decorated with one or two rows of semi-precious
metal buttons.
- SA BERRITTA- headcovering in black cloth,
worn folded over on one side.
 THE
FEMALE COSTUME
- Very wide, dark red pleated skirt (SA BARRA)
- Crimson or violet apron (S’ANTANENI)
- Brockade bodice, worn over the shirt and which formerly functioned
as a bra (SU COSSU)
.
- Short jacket of the same material and colour as the apron (SU
GIPPO’T)
- The head is covered by a red headscarf with a second white
scarf , wedding veil or embroidered shawl on top, as the occasion
demands (SU MUCADORI ARRUBIU) Formerly the red
scarf was worn day and night.
The whole costume is enriched by “SA GRAMADA”,
a decoration placed between the hair and the red scarf, made of
a red velvet ribbon, 5 cm long and adorned with shiny black pearls,
which were worn to cover the hair grip.
This band, always depicted in old texts and photographs of the
Sarrabus costume, has not been adopted by other villages, thus
becoming the special characteristic of our female community.
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