The exhibition on traditional clothing from Lanzarote 'Hilar fino' can be seen on the main floor of the Island Council until this Friday, June 12. This exhibition, which was presented to the public as one of the activities organized by the Cabildo of Lanzarote on the occasion of the celebration of Canary Islands Day, is part of the project of the same name and is expected to pass through the seven municipalities of the island throughout this year.
The exhibition was organized by the Education and Culture area of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, in collaboration with the folk groups Coros y Danzas Arrecife and Malpaís de la Corona, owners of the collection of garments and creators of the ethnographic research project associated with this exhibition.
"'Hilar fino' is a complete representation of the traditional clothing of Lanzarote," explain from the Cabildo. The exhibition consists of eight pairs of mannequins, male and female, with their clothing, including dresses, everyday clothing, work clothes, party clothes, etc. These examples of traditional clothing from Lanzarote are accompanied by several large-format panels with high-quality photographic images and explanatory texts about the particularities of the different pieces that make up the exhibition.
Clothing from the 18th and 19th centuries
The clothing exhibited in 'Hilar fino' has been reproduced from a work of investigation and search for very old clothing that some families kept in different locations in Lanzarote. "These recreations of historical clothing have been made with all the scientific rigor and excellent work of chosen artisans of the loom and fabrics," relate from the Culture area of the Cabildo. The collection shows clothing and attire from the period between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
The garments show both the most significant variations in time, as well as the most everyday or ordinary clothes that were used to perform the tasks of the field, fishing or for daily use; as well as others of greater refinement or more distinguished, which were used in special moments such as celebrations, parties or religious acts. There came a time when Western fashions were projected to the most isolated social classes of the population of Lanzarote and, with this, some new garments, shapes and very specific ways of dressing and dressing arose or were introduced.
The exhibition recreates both popularly known garments (hats, caps or soles) and many others relegated to oblivion or excluded from the traditional attire of this period (such as clarines, stallions, overcoats, caps, garrotines, mantillas, cloaks, pipiolos and others). Similarly, numerous garments of both female and male underwear are exhibited (refajos, zagalejos, shirts, breeches, underpants and bodices of various shapes).