Following the tradition of Festival hospitality, the guests of the Küstendorf will be welcomed with customs specific for the area. Marina, a 16-year-old student of the School for Tourism and Hospitality in Čajetina, and her brother Tatomir, a pupil at the primary school Bogosav Janković in Kremna, will offer bread, salt and rakija, a traditional welcome for guests in every household in Serbia. They will be wearing traditional costumes from Šumadija and Glamoč
The traditional costume from Šumadija, the central part of Serbia, is the most widespread and the most recognizable type of costume. The base of the women’s costume is a chemise with embroidery on the sleeves, an embroidered apron and a sleeveless vest called jelek; the stockings are hand-knitted. Both men and women have traditional footwear called opanci, with leather strips woven on the uppers and curled toes. The men’s costume consists of a long-sleeved shirt, a jelek, pants, knitted stockings. Also, both men and women have a sash tied around the waist.
As for the traditional costume from Glamoč, it shares some common elements with the Šumadija costume. However, the women have a richer head cover, with ducats, while the men wear a cap. The patterns and embroidery are different. The vest in Glamoč is called a zubun, and men usually carry a kind of jacket over their shoulders.
Academic Cultural Artistic Society Španac from Belgrade provided the Küstendorf Festival with the traditional costumes for this special occasion.