These are types of the thick-set, homely peasants to be found on the
mountainous plateau of Moravia. Their quaint costumes give them a
fantastic appearance. Many of them might have stepped from the posters
of a comic opera
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In Scutari town, where Moslem and Christian Albanians mingle, all
townswomen wear large, loose, Turkish trousers of silk or cloth. Silken
also are their long-sleeved chemises, over which are embroidered boleros,
with a huge many-coloured sash. Outdoors, all hide their faces in robes
that fall from head to knee and serve the purpose of the Moslem veil
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