you non Albanian never seen or touched a plis hat ...its on the thick side ..
my a$$umption is that we wore these hats as padding
under warrior helmets ...and then when these warriors
were retired from duty they wore only the cap as civilians
to show and bloat proudly their past warriorism .....and as
a sign of respect from others ....
this hat is worn today by Albanians ...mostly the Dardanians(kosovars) and
then us in Macedonia and in sections of Albania.
and in my honest opinion ....
Greeks of today do not wear em
or have worn em in many many hundreds and maybe
even 1500 years bcs they have no recollection of it bcs
they are not in the times of any warriors of the ancient
balkans ......sorry to break the news this way
The Romans used our hat as a symbol of a free people (Illyrian) or lLiberty/freedom gained
the plis in right hand