Xhubleta

The Xhubleta is an undulating, bell-shaped folk skirt, traditionally worn by Albanian women in northern Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro.

It is a garment that survived from ancient times exclusively in Albanian inhabited territories,[1] and it is a unique type of dress for its particular shape, structure, and decorating system.

[2] The Xhubleta was included in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO in 2022.

The bosom and the part of the xhubleta covered by the apron are made out of crocheted black wool.

[9] It is thought that the diminishing in colors in the last two centuries is due to the limitation of its use only in remote mountainous areas.