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{{Culture of Albania}}
The '''traditional clothing of Albania''' ({{sq|Veshjet Tradicionale Shqiptare; Veshjet Kombëtare; Veshjet Popullore or Kostumet Kombëtare}}) includes more than 200 different varieties of clothing in all [[Albania]] and the [[Albanian language|Albanian-speaking]] territories and communities (including the [[Arbëreshë people|Arbëreshë]] in [[Albanians in Italy|Italy]], [[Arvanites]] in [[Albanians in Greece|Greece]] and [[Arbanasi people|Arbanasi]] in [[Albanians of Croatia|Croatia]]). Albania's [[recorded history]] of clothing goes back to [[Classical Antiquity|classical times]].<ref>{{citation| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lazWAQAAQBAJ&q=moons%2C+stars%2C+and+snakes&pg=PA15| page=16| title=Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing Around the World| chapter=Albania| publisher=ABC-CLIO| year=2013|isbn= 9780313376368}}</ref> It is one of the factors that has differentiated this nation from other European countries, dating back to the Illyrian period.
Almost every cultural and geographical region in [[Albania]] has its own specific variety of costume that varies in detail, material, color, shape, and form. Albanian folk dress is often decorated with symbolic elements of [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] antique pagan origin, like suns, eagles, moons, stars, and snakes.<ref>{{citation| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lazWAQAAQBAJ&q=moons%2C+stars%2C+and+snakes&pg=PA15| page=16| title=Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing Around the World| chapter=Albania| editor=Jill Condra| author=Leyla Belkaid| volume=I| publisher=ABC-CLIO| year=2013|isbn= 9780313376368}}</ref> Fabrics are traditionally made by [[weaving]] clothes using [[loom]]s. To this day, some conservative old men and women mainly from the North wear traditional clothing in their daily lives. Instead, older women from the South usually wear all-black outfits.
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