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A sarafan (, from Persian sarāрā ) is a long, trapezoidal traditional Russian jumper dress ( pinafore) worn as Russian folk costume by women and girls.
Chronicles first mention it under the year 1376, and since that time it was worn until well into the 20th century. It is today worn as folk costume for performing Russian folk songs and folk dancing.
Plain sarafans are still designed and worn today as a summer-time light dress.
Sarafan may refer to one of the following:
- Sarafan, a Russian traditional women's clothing
- List of Legacy of Kain characters
- Sarafan (horse), a racehorse
Usage examples of "sarafan".
Possibly it was because they were ordinary Russian girls in the presence of their next-to-Almighty, or possibly it was because they were embarrassed that their dinner dresses were not luxuriant gowns but common holiday-wear sarafan frocks.
Novgorod fashion, in a heavily-embroidered and braided sarafan, but the garment was so stiff and heavy that she decided to wear such things only for going to church, appearing in public and dining in state.