Typical forms of handicraft in our area were pottery, weaving, wickerwork, embroidery, tissue paper and wooden carving. Those making certain items usually sold them at markets. However, certain handicrafts were practised by almost everyone (e.g. embroidery or tissue paper). Potters created on traditional potter’s wheels, moved by foot. These lands are rich in clay, so …
Fejér county is the richest and most beautiful land in Hungary. Here you will find both mountainous and valley areas as well as plains, all in the name of picturesque beauty. The great plain covering three quarters of the county rivals the richness of the arable land of the lowlands. At the time, Fejér County …
The costume from our region is referred to as the Hrubieszów-Tomaszów costume, and its occurrence within the borders of the Second Polish Republic stretched across the south-eastern areas of the Lublin voivodship, the south-western areas of the Volhynia voivodship and the north-eastern areas of the Lwów voivodship. The most important feature of this costume is …
A superstition is a belief in which a certain fact has a mystical or magical explanation or just a cultural explanation, enforced by society or religion, without any scientific basis, the belief in spirits, charms, spells, omens, objects that bring good luck, supernatural forces. Some known superstitions in Romanian: Don’t sit on the corner of …
