{"id":1599,"date":"2013-05-17T16:10:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:50:38","slug":"hooray-its-bunad-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/hooray-its-bunad-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooray, it\u2019s bunad time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hipp hurra for 17. mai!<\/strong> It\u2019s May 17th, the day when all Norwegians g\u00e5r mann av huse<\/strong> (go to the streets, literally \u2019go man off house\u2019) to celebrate their beautiful country. In every Norwegian by<\/strong> (town) and bygd<\/strong> (little town, hamlet) there are 17. mai-tog<\/strong> (May 17th parades) with people waving norske flagg<\/strong> (Norwegian flags) and musicians playing. If you look around you, you\u2019ll see a lot of people wearing bunad<\/strong> [BOOnahd], the Norwegian national costume!<\/p>\n

All bunader<\/strong> have a lot in common, but vary in the details. In fact, every major Norwegian region has its own bunad<\/strong>! (Norwegians of Sami origin wear kofter<\/a><\/strong> on 17. mai<\/strong>, which are quite different.) Today, most bunader<\/strong> are worn by kvinner<\/strong>\u00a0(women)\u00a0on festive occasions. However, the traditional mannsbunad<\/strong> (male costume) is being used by an increasing number of menn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The ordinary (female) bunad <\/strong>usually contains a skj\u00f8rt<\/strong> (skirt, pronounced \u201dshirt\u201d), belte<\/strong>\u00a0(girdle)\u00a0and a sjal<\/strong> (shawl). The s\u00f8lje<\/strong> \u2013 a silver ornament worn on the chest \u2013 is also an important part of many of the costumes. Additionally, there may be some \u201dgadgets\u201d, like a purse, a hodeplagg<\/strong> (headgear) or a kniv<\/strong> (for the male costumes). I always thought broderiene<\/strong> (the embroideries) that adorn a lot of bunader<\/strong> looked a bit like rosemaling\u00a0<\/strong>(Norwegian \u201drose painting\u201d)\u2026<\/p>\n

Making a bunad<\/strong> takes a lot of time and money. The embroideries, the s\u00f8lje<\/strong>, the folds \u2013 everything has to be correct. The silver for the s\u00f8lje<\/strong> may cost thousands of Norwegian kroner. So, in some families, the daughters are given parts of the ornaments \u201din advance\u201d. For example, the year the girl has her 4th birthday, she\u2019s given a piece of silver, and then another one next year, and so on until she celebrates her konfirmasjon<\/strong> and is given the full bunad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Of course, only (grand)parents (usually (grand)mothers) with a lot of time on their hands can make a bunad<\/strong> for their (grand)daughter. It is more common to pay a systue<\/strong> (dressmaker\u2019s workroom) to do the work.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to have a Norwegian bunad\u00a0<\/strong>yourself, it\u2019s totally possible! But you should be prepared to pay something between 15.000 and 30.000 Norwegian kroner (2.500-5.000 US dollars).<\/p>\n

There are various places to go bunad-shopping, one of them is the web site http:\/\/www.norskebunader.no<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hipp hurra for 17. mai! It\u2019s May 17th, the day when all Norwegians g\u00e5r mann av huse (go to the streets, literally \u2019go man off house\u2019) to celebrate their beautiful country. In every Norwegian by (town) and bygd (little town, hamlet) there are 17. mai-tog (May 17th parades) with people waving norske flagg (Norwegian flags)…<\/p>\n

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