On the day of the baptism, the child is dressed from home by the parents, prepared and given to the godparents. Godparents have an important role on the day of baptism, they take the child from home and bring him only after the baptism service. In the old days, parents didn’t even go to church, …
The Fairy Guardians are mythological figures from Romanian popular culture. They are considered wise elderly women who have powers of divination and foretelling the future. According to popular tradition, they are usually associated with important events in a person’s life, such as a wedding or a birth.The origins of these mythological creatures are latin, as …
Among the important events in human life, along with birth and marriage, there is also death. Therefore, in the Romanian tradition there are many customs and rituals that mark the passing away of a person, which may differ depending on the area. We will tell here a little about vigils (warding the dead between the …
In the old days, the bear was considered the best doctor for back pain. Before Easter, Christmas or New Year, the “Ursari” type of gypsies (tr.: “bearers”) walked around the villages and caroled from house to house with the bear tied in a chain, to massage people’s backs and remove the pain from the spine. …
