Traditions in September Wedding at Birchis
1-st Sunday of September, Birchis, Arad County
In 1920 the young men of Birchis who came back from the war, among whom was Alexander Bilcu, a very gifted popular artist, founded a folk choral and dance group which gave at that year`s „nedeia”, a popular performan more...
Eve On The Hill - Written by Mihai Eminescu Dreary the horn sounds in the eve on the hill
Sheepflocks return, stars in their way twinkle still,
Watersprings weep murmuring clear, and i see
Under a tree, love, thou art waiting for me.
Holy and pure passes the moon on the sky,
Moist seem the stars born from the vault clear and high,
Lo more...
Traditions in July In the legendary Moti Land at an altitude of the mountain heights at the springs of the Ariesul Mic, its huge panorama spreding between Gaina summit and ,,La Targ” , in places connected with the battles fought by the Moti, a very old tradition, according to witch the lads come to the „Ma more...
Traditions in August Hercules - Folklore Festival at Cerna
The first week of August- Baile Herculane, Caras Severin Country
The festival, also known as the „Folklore festival of the Settlements on the Cerna” is a part of a justified action meant to stimulate and turn to account popular creation in a folklo more...
Traditions in May
The Weighing
On 2nd Sunday of May - Magura Priei, Salaj County
Keeping in mind the memory of the legendary Horia-one of the leaders of the great peasant rising of 1784 who, while living in the little house on the foot of Magura hill, carved, together with his companions a beautiful little wooden more...
Mountains Nedeia In the last week-end of June
Place: Fundata, Brasov Country
One of the most renowned Wallachian summer festivals „ The Nedeia Muntilor ” held at Fundata continues a long - standing custom of economic exchanges, merry - makings and fraternity between the people living on either side more...
CowParade moves to Bucharest Bucharest is the first capital city in Eastern Europe to host the the world’s largest public art event called CowParade.
CowParade was first organized in Zurich in 1998 and since then it was all the vogue through cities like Chicago, New York, London, Stockholm and Prague and 19 other more...
Brancusi sculpture sets record at auction Constantin Brancusi's "Bird in Space" shattered the record for a sculpture at auction on Wednesday when it soared to an astonishing 27,450,000 USD at Christie's sale of Impressionist and modern art. The previous record was held by another Brancusi, "Danaide," which sold for 18,15 more...