Want to create interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!
The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulders (altiţă)
Gabriela María Flores Castañeda
Created on November 5, 2025
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
View
Essential Map
View
Akihabara Map
View
Frayer Model
View
Create Your Story in Spanish
View
Microcourse: Key Skills for University
View
Microcourse: Learn Spanish
View
January School Calendar
Transcript
The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulders (altiţă)
Ana Lena Huelgas Mendoza - A01772252Gabriela María Flores Castañeda - A01772420 María Jacobo Hernández - A01772307 Group:261 Date: 05/11/2025
Altiţă
Country of origin
Year of inscirption to the UNESCO: 2022 What is it?
Connections ➯
Connections
To other elements
To the environment
These blouses are deeply related to nature in Romania; they feature embroidery in the shapes of flowers and plants from the regions around the women who made them, showing the importance they give to nature and their deep connection to it.
It´s commonly associated with femininity, the beauty of women, and the connections they have with each other. The blouses were made by groups of women together expressing their likes and hopes.
Thank you
Sources
- UNESCO. (2022). The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder (altiţă) — an element of cultural identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova (No. 01861) [Intangible cultural heritage nomination/listing]. UNESCO. https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/the-art-of-the-traditional-blouse-with-embroidery-on-the-shoulder-alti-an-element-of-cultural-identity-in-romania-and-the-republic-of-moldova-01861
- National Commission for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – Romania. (2021, March 31). The Traditional Blouse With Embroidery on The Shoulder (Altiţă) nominated for placement on the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List. https://www.cnr-unesco.ro/en/activity/the-traditional-blouse-with-embroidery-on-the-shoulder-altita-nominated-for-placement-on-the-unesco-intangible-heritage-list
- United Nations – Moldova. (2022, December 6). The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder (altiţă) — an element of cultural identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. https://moldova.un.org/en/210360-art-traditional-blouse-embroidery-shoulder-alti%C5%A3%C4%83-%E2%80%94-element-cultural-identity-romania-and
What is it?
Altiţă
This heritage element refers to the craft and cultural practice of making the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder. The blouse (often white) is made of natural fibres such as flax, cotton, hemp or floss silk Its most visible characteristic is the rich and colourful ornamentation stitched on the upper part.