Kokoshnik is a Russian folk headdress. Some historians believe that the kokoshnik came to Russia from distant Byzantium during the prosperity of the merchant class. Old Russian women and girls in kokoshnik spent their holidays. Embroidered with precious stones, beads, pearls, silver and gold, this hat was the main element of the festive attire of a Russian woman and spoke of her prosperity and belonging to a wealthy estate. Ventsy, as a kind of kokoshnika, wore unmarried girls. Such a headdress did not cover his hair. A married woman wore a kokoshnik, hiding her hair under it.
Russian sarafan and kokoshnik are known all over the world. It is from them that the folk costume of the ancient Russian woman is composed. The etymology of the name kokoshnika has a beginning from the old Russian word "kokosh", which means the cock, apparently in Russian people the shape of this headgear evoked associations with the scallop of a cock.
Kinds of kokoshniks
The shape of the kokoshniks, in the first place, was due to the traditional features of hair styling. In the northern part of Russia, women pierced kokoshniki with pearls, its shape was straight and high, in the southern and western regions preferred kokoshniks stretched upwards. A wide field of kokoshniks could only afford the boyars, since such a kokoshnik required a large number of precious ornaments, it was worn in the central parts of Russia. Kokoshnik, like a headdress, decorated the outfit of a woman. Additional elements that added kokoshniku ​​functionality and beauty were obnis, cuffs, blades, gold threads at the temples, as well as on the occipital part. Kokoshnik was worn on the frontal part, and the occipital was closed with a slip on the canvas or velvet, fixing it with a braid.
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