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Opanci are traditional peasant shoes worn in Southeastern Europe. The attributes of the opanci are a construction of leather, lack of laces, durable, and various endings on toes. In Serbia, the design
Opinci with flat end, from North Macedonia
Opinca from Romania
Dacian moccasins as seen in a statue at Museum Capitolini
Slovak musicians wearing krpce
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A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp. The sole is soft and
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…manufactured. The nobility would wear game skin shoes, the poorer ones would wear calf or swine skin. According to Wilkes, opanci were originally a leather moccasin worn by paleo-Balkan peoples as Illyrians, Dacians, Thracians, etc., and later adopted by Slavs. In the past the traditional shoes were handcrafted out…
Contemporary moccasins
Osage moccasins, early 20th century
A soft-soled moccasin
Hopi dancing shoes, late 19th century