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LÁSZLÓ ZOLTÁN · Straw hat
Fertile fields of crops are sown along the soft hills of Transylvania. From the abundance of wheat and the need to protect from the hot spring and summer sun, the Straw hat was born. The need and use were born linked to the land. Encouraging a herd of cows, goats or sheeps, sowing a field or in the harvest.
Once the straw is woven, László Zoltán begins to sew the strips. Giving the first shape to the hat, with a metal mold to prove that the measurements are correct.
Not all hats have the same decoration. In the past the width of the decoration band indicated your economic and social position, the wing layout to which age range you belonged to (wing tilted upward for young people and downward the older people) and the position of the top of the band if you were Romanian or Hungarian (to the left for the Hungarians and to the right for the Romanians). Today some aspects remain, but the taste prioritizes in its decoration.
Over time the straw hat has added to its functional aspect a more accessory quality, with decorative character and linked to appearance.
Thanks László Zoltán for open the door of your workshop to us.
