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“FIVE SENSES” COMENIUS PROJECT

Romanian folk

costumes.

Introduction:Romanian dress refers to the traditional clothing worn by Romanians, who live primarily in Romania and Moldova, with smaller communities in Ukraine and Serbia. Today, a strong majority of Romanians wear Western-style dress on most occasions, and the garments described here largely fell out of use during the 20th century. However, they can still be seen in more remote areas, on special occasions, and at ethnographic and folk events. Each historical region has its own specific variety of costume.

History:• The Romanian popular costume finds its roots in the part of

Thracian, Dacian and Getae ancestors and resembles with that of the peoples of the Balkan Peninsula, of course with differences consisting of decorative and colorful details. Between 7000 and 3500 BC was founded the belief in the one controlling power of the cosmos. Fabrics wore symbols appointed by virtue of faith, thus spinning and weaving became sacred. Therefore, were customary on the dresses the solar circle, the column of the sky, the rhomb, the hatch or the curved lines. Since 3500 BC and until year zero has passed from the sacred weaving to the vestment, the ritual reaching from the imposing space of the temple to the household hearth. The purpose of the garments worn by the ancestors was to facilitate dialogue with the unseen forces of the cosmos.

Components:

CatrințăFotă

Ițari

Pieptare

Moccasins Beanie Waistcoat Scrip

The shirtBeads

Girdle

Regions in which they find folk costumes.

• The six main regions are: • Transylvania or Ardeal.• The western plains: Lower Mureș Plain, Criș Plain

(Crișul Negru, Crișul Alb, Crișul Repede), Lower Someș Plain (Oaș Country).

• Banat, including Timiș Meadow and Caraș-Severin.• Wallachia, including Oltenia and Muntenia.• The lower Danube, including Bărăgan, Dobrogea and

southern Moldavia.• Moldavia, including Bucovina.

Costumes:

Transylvania.

Oaș Country.

Banat.Wallachia

MoldaviaBucovina

The End.Thank you for attention.

Madalina Radu, Gabriela Andrei, 8th Grade

Dichiseni School - Romania• This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication

[communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held

responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.