Svilarstvo u Konavlima: Oživljavanje jedne tradicije
Sericulture in Konavle: A Tradition's Revival

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the production of silk in the area of Konavle. Different sources have been used, as well as a fieldwork research, in order to establish a sort of synthesis of sericulture in Konavle, comparing the contemporary conditions of this traditional skill with the past ones. In Konavle, silk was produced in a simple and old fashioned way, in a family and for a family. Traditional knowledge and skills have been passed from one generation of women to the next. During the twentieth century, the production of silk has slowly ceased to exist and finally disappeared in the 1960s. It has been revived at the end of the century, prompted by the war experience.

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