Figure 1.--This Greek boy was photographed by Dimitris Tloupas. Note that the overcoat is a traditional garment to be weared by shepherds in the region of Thessaly.
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Figure 1.--This Greek boy was photographed by Dimitris Tloupas. Note that the overcoat is a traditional garment to be weared by shepherds in the region of Thessaly. |
Thessaly (Thessalia) is the geographical department that occupies the central section of mainland Greece. It is surrounded by high mountain ranges encircling a low
plain. It borders Macedonia to the north, Sterea Ellada to the south, Epirus to the west, and its eastern shoreline is on the Aegean. It has a higher percentage of flat,
arable land than any other district in Greece. The climate is continental; the winters are cold and the summers hot and the temperature differential between the two
seasons are large. One of the characteristics of the climate of the plain of Thessaly are frequent summer rainstorms. These frequent rains amplify the fertility of the plain, often called the breadbasket of Greece. As a result of the extreme cold and hot climate the childrens clothing varies from shorts with bare feet during the summer to heavy overcoats and boots for winter. In addition boys clothing was strongly influenced by traditional outfits and kilts of the nomadic groups of Vlachs and Sarakatsani.
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