Xhubleta

Xhubleta
Woman from Grudë wearing a xhubleta in a 19th-century Pietro Marubi photo.
TypeAlbanian folk skirt
MaterialFelt and black wool
Place of originAlbania
Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage
CountryAlbania
Reference01880
RegionEurope and North America
Inscription history
Inscription2022 (17th session)
ListNeed of Urgent Safeguarding

The xhubleta is an undulating, bell-shaped folk skirt, traditionally worn by Albanian women in northern Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro.

The xhubleta is a garment that survived from ancient times exclusively in Albanian inhabited territories,[1] and it is a unique type of dress for its particular shape, structure, and decorating system.[2] There are two types of xhubleta: one is narrow and the other is large.[2]

This Albanian garment was included in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO in 2022.[3][4]

  1. ^ Bido 1998, p. 701.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Stahl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "UNESCO - Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  4. ^ "Xhubleta shqiptare, tashmë pasuri e gjithë njerëzimit, UNESCO e merr në mbrojtje bashkë me dijebërjen e saj! Margariti: Vendim unanim, copëz Shqipërie për botën - Shqiptarja.com". shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2022-12-13.