Coustoms and tradition

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Traditional costume in Southern Styria
Like all the regions of Styria, the Leibnitz and Radkersburg districts which make up Southern Styria have many different styles of traditional costume. The Wildon dirndl is presented here as an example of these styles.  
Traditional costume in Southern Styria
Customs and tradition in Central Styria
Central Styria consists of the central Mur area, the Graz Basin, the Grazer Feld and the Leibnitzer Feld. The landscape is dominated by hills and mountains. The capital city, Graz, has roughly a quarter of a million residents, which is 25% of the total population of Styria.  
Customs and tradition in Central Styria
Traditional costume in Central Styria
The Grazer dirndl is a costume consisting of a pinafore which usually has a plain blue, red or green bodice and a skirt in a contrasting colour with a pattern of stripes or flowers. A blue, purple, grey or black apron is worn with the pinafore.  
Traditional costume in Central Styria
We value our traditions ...
Traditional customs in Styria, and indeed in Austria as a whole, are closely linked to the church – witness the children who dress up as the Three Magi on January 6 and go from house to house, or the use of the rattles in Holy Week.  
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Architecture in Central Styria
Graz was nominated as a World Heritage Site thanks to the large number of buildings that are preserved in their original form and thanks to its uniform historical panorama of roofs. The architectural spectrum which gives Graz its unique appearance ranges from the Gothic period to modern times.  
Architecture in Central Styria
Traditional dress in Eastern Styria
A corseted bodice is typical of many types of Eastern Styrian traditional dress. In some areas of this region, the bodices are made of material with a dotted or flower pattern, while the skirts are striped in blue or black.  
Traditional dress in Eastern Styria
We value traditional costume ...
Even though traditional costume varies in appearance from region to region and even from town to town, the roughly 70 different types of Styrian women’s costume all have their basic elements in common.  
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