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Romanians are NOT Slavic—they are a Latin people. During the 165-year Roman occupation, they married Dacian girls (Indo-Europeans.) Their descendants are the present day Romanians. Their language is probably closest to Portuguese. Similarities can get you in trouble: The word for wine is "vin." "Vino" means "come to me." That could be a real 'Oops!'
Local customs during wedding receptions are that the grooms men will kidnap the bride and take her out until the groom can find them and negotiate her return, usually with copious amounts of money and alcohol. Its a test of how much resolve the groom has to get her back.
Martisor is the Romanian and Moldovian celebration of the rebirth of spring and nature, of prosperity, on the 1st of March.Etymologically, it seams that the name of the holiday comes from the Roman God, Mars. However, it might also be the diminutive of March in Romanian, meaning "little March".Traditionally, men are supposed to offer a martisor to ladies. The traditional Martisor is the white and red string. The symbols of the colours vary in interpretation: purity/divine and love, peace and war etc. ladies are supposed to wear the Martisor pinned on their cloths on the 1st and up to 14 days. After that, in some regions ladies take and tie it on a tree as a gift to nature for their love.Of course,as timed passed, it became a commercial celebration. Magheru Bvd or University Square are filled with street vendors around this time of the year. As a result now the Martisor doesn't consist...
I love the Romanian December because we have soooo many reasons of joy: our National day, Christmas and of course New Year's Eve.But we have another treat: on the 6th we celebrate Saint Nicholas . The religious meaning of this day, when we commemorate his death, was partially lost but the legends live on. On the night of the 5th, children are supposed to clean their boots and put them by the door. Saint Nicholas will drop sweets in the boots of well-behaved children, while naughty children receive twigs.
Hi Julia,Have you ever think to come to Romania? Christmas and New Year here are celebrating after an old tradition who just is still keeping on. Have you ever seen "mascati", people who are wearing specific clothes having masks on their faces, dancing and singing in the middle of the streets ?Christmas in Romania is full of fun and merriment and is a great time for the children. One of the age-old traditions of Romania is that the children travel from house to house, singing carols.Here is a site where you can listen to the instrumentals of those carols : http://www.angelfire.com/mb/crismih/Now imagine this sung a capella by good male singers!! NiceAnd the party continue after New Year too till 7th of January...each day is different. Have you heard yet of "sorcova"? It is the first carrol in the New Year. We use to wake up my neighbour to sing this to her :)Romanian folklores abound...
This dessert is very popular in Romania.It is prepared from a leaven with quark stuffing.It is very exquisite and not difficult to prepare.My procedure is:For the dough:-1 kilo of wheat flour-3 eggs-200 g. sugar-one half liter sour milk-100 g. butter-25 g. yeast-1 teaspoon salt For the stuffing-500 g. quark-200 g. sugar-3 eggs-1 teaspoon salt
Sarmale and filled paprika are foods, which are very popular in Romania.They are cooked too different occasions, to holidays or only if one has wish for it.The stuffing consists of mincemeat, onion, rice and other ingredients.This mixture is divided into small quantities and wrap up in herb leaves, for “sarmale”, or is put in paprika as stuffing.One eats with "mamaliga" as supplement.This food is very delicate and one eats with “mamaliga” as supplement.
Pasca is a traditional dessert for Eastern.First, one kneads leaven dough that one arranges into a griddle, one fills with cream or quark, and then, one back into back oven.It is a very exquisite cake.
Mucenici are delicate desserts from yeast dough that are eaten with honey and nut.The dough is kneaded, then, it is made eight-form-y.The forty “Mucenici” are backed into the oven. These leavened cakes are traditional for the 9th March, the Holiday of the “Forty Saints”.
"Cozonac" is an exquisite dessert from leavened dough, with nut stuffing.This becomes baked, very well, in the stone oven.This leavened cake is traditional for Easter, Christmas, or for other special festivities.
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Q: Buna Ziua all! It's the marshmallow/Christmas-tree/asks-too-many-questions guy! Lol! So, I feel I asked about this once but,...
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