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The Romanian folklore

Our foiklore is special and it makes you understand everything. It's more melodic than a melody, but this without realizing it. Our folkore is tender, ironical, joyful and serious. When we say folklore we understand the totality of all artistically creations of Romanian customs or popular traditions. A very beautiful custom in our country is painting the eggs on the day of Easter. Here in Romania we also have many popular costumes typical to each region. In the region of Maramures the material that is used for the popular costumes are cloth, cotton and wool. The women's costumes have a sober appearance because of the cut and very beautiful colors. The shirts have a square cut all around the neck, and
the sleeves are a little waved. the embroidered ornaments are all around the neck, on the shoulders and sleeves. Over the dress they put an apron knitted with wool. The women wear kerchiefs on their heads, that they wear daily or in holy days. The men's costumes are made of cloth and wool. The
chemise is very long. At the waist the chemise is tight with a belt. Men's also wear a sheepskin coat embroidered. The cap is made of felt or lamb's wool. Both the man and women wear laced moccasins. The kids costumes are identical to the grown-ups costumes. The popular costumes are proof of our existence in Romania.

Voiculescu Raluca
6th grade C
Eforie Nord School, Romania
Coordinator Iuliana Neacsu-Romanian Teacher
iulianan@efnord.lefo.ro

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Popular costume

At holidays, with the occasion of the New year, at dance, weddings andfunerals, are dressing costumes kept from centuries from their ancestors. The most steady in keeping the traditional costumes are casinencele and trotusencele witch are tussling the linen so wonted and so appreciate,
from which their are doing their clothing.In general the women's and men's traditional popular costumes from Trotush area are part of the Moldovean costumes. The contact of the ethnographic area Trotush at the contact with some bigger areas like Neamt, Bacau, Vrancea and the border of two historical provinces:Moldovia and Transilvania gavel birth to many variants of costumes which are different. Women's costumes : The women's costumes are much more adorned in comparison with men's costumes , the women's costumes are making a large game of ornamental types . The women's costumes is different from season to season and depends of age and destination(for work holidays).The holidays women's costume is according a specials attentions.The hirts,tinsels,belts,are making part from the wonderful popular costumes.At Bogdanesti the people was weaning
the red fez and on front a top from tinsel put on a ribbon.
Men's costume The men's costume from Trotus is sovern,the only collored pieces are chimirul and piptaru.Men are wearing round hats with little
edegs,waistcoats.Summer's costume at youths and old is impressive throw shirts white completed by the black hat. In the villages between Palanca and Comanesti wore round hats the shirt with the shirt is composed from
two pieces, indical ornamental.

Marcosanu Olivia VII-th grade
Eforie Nord School
Coordinator Iuliana Neacsu Romanian teacher
iulianan@efnord.lefo.ro


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