The exhibition presents traditional folk clothing of Gyergyó from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Beside 21 complete folk cloths, the visitors can see a number of tools of traditional textile production, hemp, wool and flax procession, as well as methods of cleaning.

The cloths are from villages in the Gyergyó Basin: Gyergyócsomafalva, Gyergyóújfalu, Gyergyószentmiklós, Kilyénfalva, Gyergyóremete, Gyergyóditró, Gyergyóalfalu, Vasláb. Nice pieces are shown from Tekerőpatak, Szárhegy, Borzont. The clothings are grouped into four based on ethnicity. There are Székely, Csángó, Romanian and Gypsy clothing.

We intend to show the meaning coming with Székely folk cloths including the ornament and colouring that had distinctive meaning depending on the social/financial statues, age, place of birth, as well as the season or holidays. Thus, eg, young girls wore more colourful cloths while during fasting, less ostentatious colours ornamented female cloths.

We also intends to shed light on traditional folk clothing the way that the visitors may revaluate folk cloths they themselves own and so they would preserve them with more care. During the collecting procedure, we often noticed that valuable pieces were kept carelessly; cloths considered valueless were often put on fire or destroyed.