Wooden shoes , or clogs ( Eng. Clog ) - wooden shoes , an element of traditional clothing in many countries of the world, fishermen and commoners in Europe . It was usually used by the lower strata of the population: peasants, workers as everyday and sometimes protective shoes (for example, shipbuilders to protect the feet from falling on it logs and heavy tools). In France, wooden shoes are called clogs ( French. Sabot ), in the Netherlands - klumps ( Dutch. Klomp ), in Lithuania - klumpes ( lit. klumpės ), in Sweden - cod ( Swedish. Träsko ). Traditionally, they are made from various types of wood ( willow , poplar , birch , beech , etc.).
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Varieties
There are many varieties of wooden shoes. Depending on the country in which they are made, these are high-heeled shoes, and boots, and even sandals.
The countries and geographical areas in which wooden shoes are common are primarily the Netherlands , Belgium , Galicia , Cantabria , Lithuania , Denmark , Sweden .
Nowadays, not only traditional wooden shoes are called clogs, but also just the look of shoes without a high back sole. They are most often made of leather and other modern materials, but sometimes for lovers of this form of shoes there are hybrid options such as sandals with wooden soles and soft tops. Clogs made entirely of rubber are most often used as shoes for the garden, as they are most convenient to wash and dry.
The wooden shoe was used by the anarchists as a symbol of the political struggle of the poor against the rich in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The word " sabotage " is supposedly derived from the French name for the wooden shoe, clogs. This was the name of the tactics of Dutch trade unionists who threw wooden shoes at the mechanisms of factory machines, thereby causing a halt to work. Today, they are one of the symbols of the Netherlands and are popular as a souvenir .
In Belarus, wooden shoes were called "dzerevyashki" (that is, wooden pieces). They were worn in spring and autumn mainly in the Grodno region and in Western Vitebsk, sporadically they were found in other areas. There were two types: shoes hollowed out of a piece of wood, with a round or pointed toe, and combination shoes with low and high heels, to the wooden sole of which a leather upper or a wide leather strip was attached.
Wooden shoes were once common in Ukraine. In particular, she was known for the fighting in the Carpathians . Since this shoe was hollowed out of wood, it is known as “do-bank” (that is, hollow) or “do-bank”. In other regions of Ukraine, names are known: wood, wood, wood, and others. In the Poltava region (village of Deymanivka, Piryatinsky district) back in the middle of the 20th century, flat galos-like “shkarbani” or “posts” were used (that is, pistons , bast shoes ) that were worn in winter on boots to protect shoes while mowing reeds on rivers and ponds.
In art
There is also a special type of shoe for dancing (clogging). They are similar to taped shoes, but they sound different.
- Klumpakois is an old Lithuanian folk pair dance in wooden shoes.
- Sabotier is a French folk dance performed in wooden shoes.
See also
- Sabotage War - peasant uprising in the vicinity of Orleans in 1658.
- Savat
- Geta
Links
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- Wooden shoes - shoes of ancient Rome