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The Hungarian Folk Music and Dance Festival

27.09.2022
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Saturday, October 1, 2022, will be a day full of events in the “Romulus Vuia” National Ethnographic Park (the open-air section of the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography). The activities are part of the “Hungarian Folk Music and Dance Festival”, the 18th edition, organized this year in September 29 - October 1, in Cluj-Napoca by the Ordogtergye Folkloric Ensemble of CCS Cluj. Beginning with 10 o’clock, activities for children will take place in the Ethnographic Park where children can immerse into the world of folk crafts. During this event, there will be a children’s dance class and an interactive musical instrument presentation concert held by Ördöngös Taraf. From 11 o’clock, there will be the Gala of Children and Youth Folk Ensembles “Tüzet viszek...”, 2nd edition. From 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., those interested will be able to participate in a guided tour of the museum. From 2 p.m.,
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The “Ethnologia Galactica” Brickenburg Exhibition

26.09.2022
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Like every year, the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution that operates under the authority of the Cluj County Council, along with the Brickenburg Association, are pleased to invite you, from September 28 - October 2, to the traditional Brickenburg Exhibition, Ethnologia Galactica, dedicated not only to LEGO(R) system fans, but also to all those curious to explore
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BOOK RELEASE

19.09.2022
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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution that functions                               under the authority of the Cluj County Council, invites you on Thursday, September 22,  from 6 p.m., to the book release and debate: “How does travelling change our thinking?” The event has free entry and it will have an interpreter in the Romanian sign language for people with
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100 years – 100 de artefacts

16.09.2022
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The richness of the peasant traditional costume from Hațeg Country surprised our great ethnographer, Romulus Vuia, when at the beginning of the 20th century, he systematically researched the area, and the variety of clothing elements makes the region not uniform, as it is, for example, in the case of the neighboring Pădureni Land. Sometimes, differences can be noticed even in the same village, in
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100 years – 100 artefacts

16.09.2022
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Men’s traditional garments from Hațeg Country, simple and practical, differ from women’s traditional garments by the sobriety of the decoration, its harmony being owed to the used materials. The cloth woven in-house from which the shirts were made, the chenilles applied to the corsage form a unitary, balanced and elegant ensemble. The negative on glass made by Romulus Vuia, in 1922, in Clopotiva
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The autumn edition of the MINERALIA exhibition returns to the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography

14.09.2022
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  The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution that operates under the authority of the Cluj County Council, hosts from Friday, for 3 days, in October 7-9, 2022, the second edition of this year’s exhibition dedicated to the wonderful world of stones: MINERALIA. Hundreds of types of minerals, crystals of impressive sizes, rocks, fossils and meteorites will be exhibited in
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100 years – 100 artefacts

09.09.2022
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The “horned” combing of the women from Hațeg Country was an element of social differentiation in women’s traditional costume, giving it a special note. The young married woman in the image made by Romulus Vuia, in 1912, in Răchitova village, Hunedoara county, seen from the profile, has her hair combed with a middle path. On each side of the head, the hair is twisted into 6 thin strands (“twists
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100 years – 100 artefacts

09.09.2022
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“Ceapsa” (a small bonnet or cap made of white cloth) is a component part of the headdress, worn by married women in some areas of Transylvania and Banat. The bonet (“ceapța”) in the picture is specific to the “horned combing” or “horned headdress” from Hațeg Country where the headdress gave a distinctive note to the female attire. The bonnet, worn at the back of the head, had the purpose to cover
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100 years – 100 artefacts

02.09.2022
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Large wine mug (“canceu”) The artefact presented to you this week is a large wine mug worked in a guild workshop in the Turda ceramic center. The piece has a narrow, low base, a pyriform body with a splay neck, a round and flare lip. The handle is simple, curved, with insertion points at the neck and central part of the body. The interior is engobed and glazed. The decoration is organized on a
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100 years – 100 artefacts

26.08.2022
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The negative made by Romulus Vuia captures the image of Vadu Dobrii village, Bunila, Hunedoara county, Pădureni Land. The cliché was made in 1921. Founded by mountaineers brought to Pădureni Land for “bocșărit” (burning charcoal), the village is located at an altitude of 1000 - 1100 m, in Poiana Ruscă Mountains. It is a village scattered on the smooth tops of the mountains, specific to the
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100 years – 100 artefacts

26.08.2022
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Iele’s scythe   About the female mythical entities regionally called Ielele, Frumoasele, Măiestrele, Rusaliile, etc. the traditional society believed that they are beautiful, invisible, mostly evil girls who fly through the air at night, before the roosters’ crow, beginning with the third week after Easter and until Pentecost. According to popular belief, they can roam “in one night over nine
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100 years – 100 artefacts

13.08.2022
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Hook for gathering spikes   Cultivation of plants, a basic economic activity, along with animal husbandry, was primarily oriented in Transylvania, until the beginning of the 20th century, towards ensuring family subsistence, which led to the late preservation until of some archaic, traditional tools and techniques. The functional types of agricultural tools were intended for cultivating the land
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100 years – 100 artefacts

09.08.2022
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  In the villages of Mountain Banat, the distillation of alcoholic beverages (locally known as “roasted brandy”/“răchie profriptă) was a community event, where the villagers pleasantly combined work with cheerfulness, in an atmosphere of good mood. In the village communities, obtaining these drinks was done according to a mutually agreed schedule, each family knowing when to bring their draff (“
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