There is probably no man who has not played the crazy dance of Periniţa. This particular Romanian dance is a ritual of kissing. People from the village Bătrâni say that they are the ones who played the first the dance of kiss.
This dance started from the wedding parties, also called “vedre”, when the bride was [...]
One of the most appreciated movies of this year is “Night at the museum- ballet of the Smithsonian”, where the museum pieces come to life and start what looks like the 3rd World War, SF version. For those who didn’t get the chance to see the movie, there are still chances to feel these strange [...]
Pigs and wild boars appear in artistic relics discovered in the old lands of the Thracians. It is assumed that on December 20th, Geto-Dacians were having the “slaughtering pigs’ ritual” and that the Romans inherited it. Even the name that appears in the popular calendar on December 20, Ignatius or Inatoarea it is explained by [...]
Even though I’m from Oltenia, because my mother is from Ardeal, I got to spend my summers over there, with my grandmother, in the Bihor county. My granny is one of those women that always wears a scarf on her head, “zadii”(a blending of skirts with an apron on top), vests and shoes that look [...]
One of my favorite home cooked meals is the potato moussaka, also named a cottage pie. Every time my mom makes this special type of food, I eat it with such craving, that I can always guarantee that in maximum 2 days, the pot will be empty. Sometimes I even eat 1 or 2 portions [...]
It is said that every successful man has a powerful woman besides him. To paraphrase this, I can say that every successful gymnast has a powerful coach besides her.
Octavian Bellu is the man from the shadow who contributed to the feminine national gym team for almost 25 years. He is the coach who rose the [...]
One out of the five brothers puts his mark on journalism. Tudor Teodorescu-Braniste was born on April 12, 1899, in Pitesti. As a student, publishes his first short stories, literary sketches and chronicles under the pseudonym Andrew Braniste. He was editor of the major newspapers of the time. In the Antonescian dictatorship, he refuses to [...]
The Red Lake is the first natural dam found in Romania.It formed itself around 1837 trough the process of natural daming of the Valey of Bicazului.Nowadays around the lake a whole touristic complex has been built.As a result,today we ar talking about the Red Lake Complex which is situated in the mountains [...]
Romanian humor presents original elements as well as foreign ones ,due to the cultures that, during the centuries came into contact with the Romanian people. Among the elements that are common to Romanian humor,one can identify the following:French humor,Latin wellbeing and verve,German humor,Roma humor,Jewis agony and some oriental jokes called “Zeflemeaua”.
Of course, during time, the [...]
Holiday diary
Another great day in Bistrita! The seventh day of summer music camp, but perhaps the most special … Today we left the flute classes and chamber music rehearsals, we boarded the bus and we went on a trip!
In turning to Fiad Valley, we stopped a few minutes to remember the great [...]
Misterul Insulei Ada-Kaleh
Eugen Alimanescu
Ţara mea de glorii, ţara mea de dor
Viaţa, un joc câştigat
Legumele Casa Taraneasca
Inka, sau inlocuitorul natural al cafelei