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Transylvanian Brunch

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Moșna Cabbage Festival in October 2016

18 May,

This yummy event in Moșna is already a tradition and it happens here every October for 10 years now. When the time comes, people living in villages around Moșna do their best to come up with the best cabbage traditional meals. Alma Vii is one of the most serious competitors and people here prepare themselves in advance. To taste the true flavors of Transylvania, one should be here on October 8th an 9th, ready to try traditional recipes like lichiu cu varză, a local delicacy local people take pride in. But cabbage is not the only reason visitors interested i n Transylvanian culture should stop by. This week-end also features an emotional folk show with local traditional dancers and a lot of singing, and also a wagon parade. To secure your stay, choose one of our three guest houses in Alma Vii and you will experience autumn the Transylvania way.

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Prince Charles in Transylvania

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Prince Charles in Transylvania

5 May, ft.com

When in early 1990 I first went to Transylvania, leaving behind the bright lights of western Europe and adjusting my eyes to the more sober tones of its eastern reaches, I could hardly believe that such a place still existed. In deep winter I crossed the northern Carpathian Mountains and came down, through misty forests and snow-covered roads, into the Middle Ages – or something astonishingly like it. Horses or oxen pulling sleighs occupied the roads, and cows and geese wandered freely. The villagers were dressed in smocks, sheepskin coats and fur hats, and had rough leather strapped to their feet, with woollen cloth wrapped around their calves held in place by thongs; footwear truly from another age, as worn by peasants depicted in ­medieval illustrated manuscripts. ft.com

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Romanian folk art

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Romanian folk art II

5 May, actmedia.eu

The wickerwork of vegetal fibres, which is to be found in most Romanian regions, has often reached a high artistic level. In the areas where there is plenty of raw materials - rush, hazel or osier twigs, wheat, rye and oats straws, maize husks - wickerwork of vegetal fibres becomes a specialized handicraft. actmedia.eu

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Romanian folk art

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Romanian folk art I

5 May, actmedia.eu

Romanian folk art is a complex field, harmoniously combining the folk art tradition with a still vivid activity of some handicraft centres boasting an old tradition in many regions of this country. As an element of material and spiritual culture, folk art reflects the national specificity and has a deep-going social character, with a well defined role in striking the balance between what is useful and what is beautiful, between the material and aesthetic requirements. actmedia.eu

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