Outerwear that was thrown over the shoulders in bad weather has been widely used by the rural population of our country.
A cover to protect against the rain was also the llabania, a hood made of dry shajak, which was placed on the head and extended back to the back almost to the waist and below.
The written sources from ancient times on one hand, and the archaeological monuments on the other, are sufficient to prove the Illyrian character of this garment.
Among the most obvious monuments from ancient times, we mention a bust of a woman found in the ancient city of Dimal (Str. i Berati), which belongs to the III-II centuries BC, as well as a tombstone found in Koplik, where you can see two women who carry llabane on their heads.
In the mentioned monuments, it is noticeable that only women wear the labane, while the men beside them have only a shawl, worn draped over their shoulders.
The shape of the llabania that we keep today does not differ at all from that of the bust of the woman found in Demal.
