Casa e putia: the Sicilian shawl

Casa e putia: the Sicilian shawl

Casa e putìa is an appointment in which you can visit a tailor’s shop like the old ones inside stately palaces, a classic sewing room where women try to realize dreams and, besides feeling physically beautiful, they try to feel good psychologically, because wearing a dress that makes you feel good about yourself inevitably makes you feel good about others. The experience begins with a tea with cookies where we tell each other and then go into the sewing room and see how to prepare a model on a cloth. The Sicilian shawl is an icon of folk costume, used for different purposes besides just covering itself, it can be considered an indelible part of a culture that still persists today in our customs. From poor cover element or work for home chores or in the fields to become head of elegance the step is very short: just change the fabrics or embellish with embroidery and lace. The simple shawl in its triangular and almost votive form that recalls the divine triad of Catholicism, is for a woman an element that lends itself to many uses, an instrument that has its own precise language made of silent words and punctuation. Sewing one is therefore not only a gesture of school to learn, but an act of knowledge of an element that belongs to an ancient culture to save and pass on even to those who are not places. With Madonie Travel Service you will learn to sew your Sicilian shawl led by an expert local designer. 

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