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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 19, 20183 min read
Christmas Wishes, Romanian Style
To a nation where people wish each other things on a wildly wide range of occasions, from having a haircut to getting down to work or...
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 5, 20182 min read
Moş Nicolae, the saintly “culprit” for surprises in your boots
It’s winter. Unless you are the victim of Ionel, a spoilt brat who poured jam into his mother’s guest’s boots (in satirist Ion Luca...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 17, 20185 min read
Romania’s Second Unifier: Alexandru Ioan Cuza
There’s a Romanian saying, “Tot ce-i trei e bun” (“Good things go in threes”). It means that you have to try something twice and then...
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Ilinca Stroe
Aug 15, 20183 min read
Making Wishes in Romanian: Occasions and Phrases
If you’re an expat who has lived in Romania for a few good months, you are very likely to have been told, when you got a haircut or a new...
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Veronica Negru
May 9, 20182 min read
Happy Men’s Day!
In 2016, the president of Romania signed a decree establishing 19 November as the official Men’s Day. Celebrated in over 60 countries,...
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 26, 20183 min read
Today’s a Little Time Machine: What Romania Makes of Its Communist Past
Weekend holidaymakers and locals strolling on Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei on 1 April 2018 experienced the thrill of losing their way...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 1, 20182 min read
Breaking News: Mărţişor Declares a State of Spring
There was once a Roman offspring On Momma Dochia’s braided string. Handsome and news-some, Stuck to the ladies’ bosom, Love, luck and...
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Veronica Negru
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Santa Claus is coming to town
Do you ever miss those cold winter mornings when the whole house smells of sweet bread (cozonac) and your friends call you to go out...
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Sarmale and Friends: a Christmas Special
A few years ago around Christmas, a Romanian-American acquaintance I was supposed to meet for a chat and coffee phoned to put off our...
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Diana Nechifor
Jun 22, 20172 min read
The Sânziene night
Sânziene - the word designates an annual festival held in honor of the fairies. Etymologically, the name comes from the Latin Sancta, Diana,
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Iulia Andreescu
May 8, 20174 min read
Romanian Weddings
Nowadays, Romanian weddings are an interesting combination of old and new, religion and tradition. When a couple decides to get married,...
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Veronica Negru
Apr 14, 20172 min read
Romanian Easter
The Romanian Easter is an Orthodox holiday. Easter (or the Resurrection) celebrates Jesus’ ascension to Heaven. This is always a Sunday...
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 13, 20173 min read
When the Easter Egg Teaches the Sapiens
Ready? Steady. Hold it right! You hold it honest! No cheating. Ready? Yup. “Christ is risen!” “He is risen indeed!” CRACK! Little did we...
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Andra Firoi
Apr 13, 20171 min read
Duminica Floriilor – The Palm Sunday
Vin Floriile cu soare Și soarele cu Florii! (Vasile Alecsandri) Palm Sunday is a Christian feast celebrated on the last Sunday before...
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Iulia Andreescu
Apr 13, 20173 min read
Romanian Traditions in March
1st of March - Mărțișor For celebrating the spring’s arrival on the 1st of March and the beginning of a new life cycle, Romanians have a...
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Andra Firoi
Apr 13, 20172 min read
Dragobete or the Romanian love day
Dragobete is an old Romanian holiday celebrated every year on the 24th of February. After the fall of the communism, it has become a...
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