Eastern students in the Agrupamento

Minorit ies in Europe

Introduction

In this presentation our main goal is to show some features of the romanian culture:

Fox Costumes Folklore

Food

Eating habits in Romania were deeply influenced by the people, specially nomads, hungarians and germans, who settled in that territory.

Food As Romania was under turkish domain for

many years, is still has today several turkish dishes, such as:

Moussaka (also a greek dish)SarmaleBaklavaHalvaRahat

Moussaka

Sarmale

Baklava

Halva

Rahat

Food

Romanian gastronomy received other influences from Greece, France and the from slavic nations, although they aren’t as important as the turkish one.

Food

Romania is predominantly rural. Industry started to develop around 25 years

ago.

Food

Corn was always a reference, as far as agriculture is concerned.

That is why polenta and Mamaliga (corn puree with a vinegar salad) are amongst the most popular dishes in Romania.

Polenta

Mamaliga

Food

Romanians can’t conceived a meal without soup or bread.

Ciorba de Pui

FoodAmongst some os the most popular dishes

we can find: Carnatzlach (meat pudding),  Ciorba de Pui (sour chicken soup),  Honey Tarts (honey pie),  Blintzes made of romanian bread,  Ciorba (traditional soup),  Cozonac (sweet fermented bread) Eggplant salad.

Carnatzlach

Honey tarts

Blintzes de pão romeno

Ciorba Romena

Cozonac

Eggplant salad

Costumes

As far as the traditional costume is concerned, the most important piece of clothing for men and women is a shirt made of linen, wool or hemp.

The shirt is tied around the waist with a kind of belt called brau.

Traditional costume

Costumes

The women’s traditional costume includes a shirt, which used to reach the ankles, also tied around the waist by a band, and an apron.

Costumes

The traditional men’s costume includes a white shirt and trousers, a hat, a belt and a vest or jacket. The shirts are usually loose over the trousers.

Traditional costumes

Costumes

Traditional costumes change according to the part of the country.

The differences usually relate to the shirt’s lenght, embroidery work, shape of the hat, etc.

Traditional men’s hat

CostumesSome elements of the traditional costume

have been abandoned throughout the XX century, such as the leather sandals, worn peasants.

Costumes

However, there are some villagers who still mantain the habit of dressing the traditional costumes, specially older people and some young women on sundays.

Costumes - curiosities

Emma Dumitrescu, a romanian bride, detains the record of the longest weedding dress train (cauda – 3 kilometers).

Folklore

Romanian folklore, music, costumes and dance, has changed a lot over the last 500 years.

However, it is very much alive today because of its teaching from one generation to the next.

Romanian folklore

Folklore

Dance also has a spiritual meaning. The costumes were imagined and created

according to popular legends and beliefs, still very much alive today.

Traditional dance

Folklore

Folklore is always present in national celebrations and it represents people’s pride in romanian culture.

Conclusion

Both the research and this power point presentation helped us to better understand some aspects of the romanian culture, still very much alive today.