Barretina
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A barretina is a traditional Catalan hat that was frequently worn by men. It is a hat in the form of a bag, made of wool, usually red, or sometimes purple. In its different variants, people wore it in parts of the Christian cultures of the Mediterranean sea such as Catalonia, Valencia, Eivissa, Provence, Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, part of Naples, part of the Balkans and parts of Portugal. In Catalonia and Eivissa, men wore it until the XIX century, especially in rural areas.
Today, the barretina is no longer commonly worn in everyday life, but is still used in folkloric dances, or as a symbol of Catalan identity. Salvador Dalí re-popularized the barretina in the first half of the 20th century. The Catalan Christmas figure caganer also wears a barretina.
