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
Nov 7, 201812 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Roma Romanians
In her Memoirs, Zoe Cămărăşescu, a Romanian aristocrat whose mother had been a lady-in-waiting at the belle époque Court of King Carol I...
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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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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 18, 20184 min read
Peaceful Weekend Getaways: Three Monasteries
Personally, I love visiting cathedrals. Integrated into the urban landscape and yet cutting out a section of it which is emotionally...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 12, 201819 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Athletes
How long have Romanians done sports? That can be answered highly accurately: not as long as the Greeks. For we didn’t invent the Olympic...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Dead Funny Up North: Săpânţa’s Unique Cemetery
It probably takes comedian Hugh Laurie’s straight face to be able to announce serenely, “This lovely summer we warmly recommend that you...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 13, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Writers
Once upon a time, Romanians put pen to paper... To be more specific, it was 1521 when the first known piece of writing in Romanian (with...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 29, 20182 min read
Fasting – a Romanian tradition explained
When we say "fasting", we immediately think of food restrictions, that is, what we eliminate from our rich, daily diet - meat, dairy,...
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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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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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Oana Barbu
Jul 20, 20172 min read
OINA: Romania’s National Sport
Hey, you! Yes, you! I bet you are a football fan! Or maybe a handball, basketball, baseball fan! Or maybe you are more of a winter...
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Oana Barbu
Jul 3, 20172 min read
IA - The Romanian Blouse (A synthesis of tradition and modernity)
For a long time, tradition and modernity were perceived as two opposite concepts. Until recently, tradition was seen as an obstacle to...
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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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