Tuesday, October 15, 2024

So, Women Don't Wear Those Breeches in Austria?


Assorted retorts from yahoo boards and elsewhere: Swiss Guards · Φιλολoγικά/Philologica: Not Female Clothing · So, Women Don't Wear Those Breeches in Austria?

No, they wear skirts.

Sankt Oswald bei Freistadt — Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Oswald_bei_Freistadt


Here you can see ladies in long skirts and gentlemen in breeches:



This screenshot is from this video:

MV St.Oswald
psj | 15 June 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAJLXrMJNtI


I'm not Austrian. I am a Swede. But I was born in Austria, and though I visited Sweden early on, there was a part of the late childhood that I spent, once again, in Austria. You might be able to guess, I was at times in a big Swedish city like Malmö somewhat starved of Austrian atmosphere.
/Hans Georg Lundahl

PS, turns out some ladies did fill roles in the music band traditionally reserved for men. In St. Oswald ... so, I present:

Grünau im Almtal — Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnau_im_Almtal


Ohlsdorf, Austria — Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohlsdorf,_Austria


Here the musicians' clothing is more gendered:



Musikverein Ohlsdorf
Musikverein Grünau | 16 July 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygolns3_pYM

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