What is Estonian traditional costume?

Today Estonian traditional costume is the most spectacularly exposed at laulupidu, the national song festival, both on the stage and among the audience.

In Estonia traditional costume denotes mainly the festive peasant dress of the 19th century, which in its time referred besides social status also to national background, as the ruling class were mainly German at the time. The former peasant costume of regional variation has become today a national symbol and has turned due to its altered function into a national dress.