Traditional Greek Costumes

The Lyra group has a wide variety of costumes that compliment the performance of dances from different regions. These costumes are either old original pieces or made by the members the traditional way copying originals from Greek Museum Collections. The group owns 190 costumes in all.




Men's Costumes
Foustanella - Central Greece and Peloponnese
Foustanella for the Boulles folk ritual - Naoussa / Makedonia
Vovoussa - Epirus
Episkopi - Makedonia
Everyday Poutouria [Black] - Makedonia
Poutouria [Brown] - Thrace
Sarakatsani - Thrace
Vraka - 3 types: Cyclades, Dodecanese, Cyprus
Pontic - Black Sea
Cappadocian - Asia Minor


Women's Costumes
Sarakatsana - two types: Epirus and Attica
Krios - Thrace
Metaxades - Thrace
Karoti - Thrace
Drymos - Makedonia
Meghara - Attica
Kato Panaghia - Asia Minor and Euboia
Cappadocian - Asia Minor
Cyprus
Cretan
Corfu
One gold embroidered Trikeri - Thessaly
One rare Pirpiri (200 years old) - Ioannina / Epirus
Ghidas - Makedonia