Yapnji ( armenian Յափնջի , literally. "Burka" ) is the only clothing in the East Armenian complex of traditional Armenian men's costume . Armenian men wore two kinds of yapngi: fur and felt. The fur yapngi was made of goat hair, with the fur facing out, using long-furry fur, usually black or dark brown. Yapnji had no sleeves; his length reached his ankles. The neckline and edges of the shelves were trimmed with a narrow rim of fabric or leather, and the neckline was tied with straps or ribbons [1] .
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, only wealthy individuals and government officials (rural old age, foreman, etc.) wore yapnji fur yanji. Yapnji went out of use quite early on; he was replaced by a city coat, partly by an overcoat. Already in the 1920s – 1930s, fur yapnjas were worn only singly in separate villages [1] .
Felt yapngi, and in some regions - fur ( Lori ), were shepherds. Felt yapngi was similar to fur in its oversized and cushioned coat, but it was sewn without a collar. Felt yapngi had strongly protruding rectangular shoulders, giving it the appearance of a trapezoid, wide in the shoulders and sharply tapering downward. The upper part of the felt yapngi - the back and chest - was sewn on a lining. Often, his complement was the head. Yapnji also served as pavement: he not only protected in bad weather, but if necessary he could also serve as a bed (a raincoat tent in the modern sense) [2] .
See also
- Armenian national costume
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Armenians / resp. ed. L. M. Vardanyan, G. G. Sargsyan, A.E. Ter-Sargsyants . - Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. N. N. Miklouho-Maclay RAS ; Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of NAS RA . - M .: Nauka , 2012 .-- S. 250-251. - 648 p. - 600 copies. - ISBN 978-5-02-037563-5 .
- ↑ Poghosyan S.G. East Armenian men's suit // Archeology, Ethnology, Folklore Studies of the Caucasus. Materials of the international conference. Yerevan, October 17-18, 2004. - Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, 2003 .-- S. 227-230.