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Customs and Traditions from Transylvania
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In the village of Covaci, located six kilometers from Timișoara, the first edition of the Goulash and Pálinka Festival will take place this weekend. For several hours, visitors at the Anette guesthouse in the mentioned locality will be able to taste...
In Poplaca, a village just 12 kilometers from Sibiu, a group of children, teenagers, and adults carry on an old and especially valuable tradition of the Romanians: the dance of the călușari. They usually meet after school, during free afternoons,...
Just a few kilometers from Mediaș, on the road leading to Sighișoara, in a village that measures only a few hundred souls, the Roma manage to carry on a craft tradition that is several hundred years old. If you pass through Brateiu, you cannot miss...
In a peasant house in Crișeni, Harghita County, a true museum of straw hats has been organized. All this is to promote and carry on the tradition known throughout Transylvania and beyond. For those who don’t know, the art of weaving straw hats is...
Anyone passing through Avrig this Saturday, a town near Sibiu, will certainly feel as if they have stepped back in time. The streets will be filled with musketeers, counts, barons, and baronesses, creating a unique atmosphere. This is all part of...
If you pass through Mălăncrav, before you leave, don't forget to ask for a glass of apple juice. Surely one of the villagers will be more than happy to serve you. The locality of Mălăncrav, a village near Sighișoara, has become known abroad not only...
Year after year, the village of Prejmer in Brașov County hosts a festival that attracts hundreds of tourists from all over the country. The Pancake Festival is an old Saxon tradition held in Prejmer annually. Local housewives compete to cook the...
Beyond the fact that Viscri is one of the Transylvanian villages that Prince Charles has fallen in love with, the village in Brașov County stands out for another reason: the natural wool socks crocheted by the women of the village. The fame of these...
Few know that the famous telemea cheese is a traditional and specific product from the Mărginimea Sibiului region. There is no peasant whose threshold you cross who won't offer you a telemea unlike any you've tasted elsewhere. Made by curdling...
Prosperity feels at home in Poiana Sibiului. You can sense this as soon as you enter the richest village in the Mărginimea Sibiului region, located just 50 kilometers from Sibiu. Modern houses, clean and well-kept farms, and people who seem to have...
For nearly 100 years, the mill in Hosman has been continuously grinding the wheat used to make one of the tastiest breads in the Hartibaciu Valley. The mill in Hosman, located in the Nochrich commune, was built in 1920, and alongside it, a bakery...
“Music of the Present in the Service of the Past” is the slogan of Pro Istoria Fest, which promotes cultural-historical and tourist attractions located in Romania through a series of events. This festival debuted in September 2011 at the Royal Court...