Happy New Year! The taste of holidays with carolers, traditional products, and the scent of the hearth is still attractive. Starting on December 24, Romanian homes are open to carolers and guests with a decorated Christmas tree, with either the latest fashion in decorations, or traditionally.
Let us look at some traditions in Romanian villages in the Christmas and New Year period, in areas that still hold on tight to old traditions.
We spoke first to Pavel Berenghea, leader of the Cununita music group in Ilva Mare, in Bistrita-Nasaud County, after they presented a traditional theater moment at the Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest:
“Today we presented a tradition from our area, the Goat Dance, but it is called Belciugarii since the days of our forefathers, it is a rendition of this tradition held in winter and summer, because the summer was the time when our traditional shepherds took the sheep up the mountain for pasture, in Rodnei M