1. Traditional cap of people of Split
Teacher: Jadranka Najev
Correlation - Mathematics: Sanda Grubišić
Edited by: Ana Depolo Kučić
Presented by: Zvonimir Vuković
Elementary school “Marjan”, Split

2. The project of making traditional cap of people of Split
Objective:
To develop awareness about preservation of cultural heritage.
To encourage creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
To make traditional cap of people of Split according to authentic examples.
To develop fine motor skills.
Activities:
A visit to the Ethnographic Museum
Studying the literature about the traditional
costume and dance of Split
The study of family heritage
(old pictures, tailoring patterns)
Tailoring and sewing (mechanical and manual)
Correlation - Mathematics
Participants:
Members of school pupils' cooperative
Parents
Teacher

3. History
The term traditional costume of the city of Split refers to the clothing common people in Split used to wear, mentioned since the 19th century.
Traditional costume was made of homemade cloth as everyday clothes.
The emphasis is on the festive variant, which in some elements has been preserved the longest.

4. By the end of the 19th century men's traditional costume
was determined by these parts:
Shirt – a white linen shirt with coils
Crozet – a sleeveless vest
Trousers – long black trousers
Belt – a silk Levantine red belt
Tunic – a tunic with long sleeves
Coat – a coat with sleeves and hood
Socks
Shoes
Cap – a flat red cap

5. Traditional cap
It is flat and round, made of red cloth. The brim is about 7,5 cm tall.
It is encrusted with two rows of red silk braid or ribbon.
There is a circle made of black ribbon on the brim, attached with black thread and a tuft under it.
The cap is lined with white cloth.

6. A visit to the Ethnographic Museum
At the Ethnographic Museum, the pupils have seen the oldest preserved examples of traditional caps.
They also studied the written records about tailoring and sewing of traditional cap of people of Split.

7. The pupils learned that the caps were made in red or black.
Red caps were worn on special occasions (feast of St. Domnius, Sunday Mass, etc.)
Black caps were worn in mourning.

8. Calculating dimensions of the cap Correlation: Mathematics
The cap is cylindrical
The base of the cylinder is a circle of radius r
The cap has a diameter 2r = 17 cm

9. Mantle of the cylinder becomes a rectangle when unfolded
It is the brim of the cap
One side of the rectangle is the height of the cylinder h and the other is the circumference of the circle 2·r·π
The dimensions of the brim are 53x7.5 cm

10. and the other half for the brim of the cap.
The material used for making the cap is called „ČOJA” (Cloth)
A piece of cloth has dimensions of 160x220 cm
Pupils have calculated that they can make 45 caps
(90:17 is approximately 5, and 160:17 is approximately 9)
They have spent about half of the material for making the top part (circle)
and the other half for the brim of the cap.

11. They have calculated that about 5% of the material would go to waste.
Each cap is encrusted with two rows of ribbon.
Pupils calculated that they need 0.53x2x45=47.7m of ribbon, which is approximately 48m.
To make the rosette they need 60 cm of ribbon for each cap.
Thus they need 0.6x45=27 m of ribbon for the rosettes.
In total they need = 75 m of ribbon for all caps.
They have calculated that about 5% of the material would go to waste.

12. The stages of making traditional caps
Learning to sew and cutting tailoring patterns out of paper

13. Tailoring the lining
of the cap

14. Sewing the lining
Sewing the cloth
Sewing the ornament on the cloth

15. Making the tuft and
sewing it on the cap
Sewing the ribbon on the outer side of the cap

16. Inserting the lining into the cap
Folding the ribbon onto the lining and
sewing it in

17. Busy working
The joy after completing the first cap.

18. The results of hard work

19. Participating in the Review of school cooperatives

21. The use of traditional costume
The traditional costume of people of Split is mainly worn in festive occasions and during the performance of traditional dances of Split.
Our pupils dressed in traditional costume dance „monfrina” at the school play.

22. It consists of three dances: monfrina, quadrille and saltine polka.
The choreography of traditional dances of Split has been performed for six decades in unchanged form.
It consists of three dances: monfrina, quadrille and saltine polka.
The traditional dances of Split are characterized by the dignity, the elegance of movement, the refined posture and softness of steps that reflect the influence of the Western part of the Mediterranean, all interlaced with a typical
Mediterranean „easygoing„ attitude.
The beautiful traditional costumes are very elaborate.

23. CONCLUSION
While working on this project, we realized the enormous importance of the legacy of our ancestors and the vast richness of our history. Traditional costume of people of Split is a real treasure that we must preserve for future generations.