Hi Aylwen,
I just did a very very superficial check on Geman
sites. In short, I found out that the Vendish
were a Slavic tribe/people and closely related to
the Sorbs. There is still a minority in eastern
Germany. Vendish and Sorbish appear to have the
same roots, but during the GDR the Sorbish
culture was pampered while the Vendish were
neglected, so that there is more information
about the Sorbish than the Vendish. So says the
website of the Vendish minority, unfortunately in
German only, but they might answer an English inquiry. http://www.diewenden.de/
But perhaps the Sorbish can help you with what
you are looking for? This site has information in
English: http://sorben.com/sorb2/
Then there´s a region called Wendland in
Germany which has villages in a traditional
Vendish shape, the Rundlingsdorf. One of them
has a village museum in one of the old
farmhouses. They might have information about
costume in that area, however they appear to have
mostly 19. century things:
http://www.luechow.de/index.htm?baum_id=5154inhalt_id=112641
If the link does not work directly, here´s the
museum´s contact address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope this helps,
Hanna
At 02:15 26.03.2008, you wrote:
I am currently researching costumes/clothing that would have been worn
by the Vendish people. Does anyone here know what they might have worn
as a special outfit that might now have been considered a folk
costume, considering they have now been assimilated into German
society.
Thanks, Aylwen
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