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The artefact of November - Măngălău

24.11.2020
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The artefact of November is măngălău. Also called in certain areas mangalău, tăvălug, maglă, scândură, zolitor, mai de pânză etc., it is made of wood, and in fact it is a long and rectangular board, with a wavy or smooth surface, on which thick cloth laundry, wrapped around a prop, is being rubbed or smoothed. Once the flat iron became widespread in the village world too, the functionality of
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Artefact of October – Antler gunpowder case

09.10.2020
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            Considering the fact that we are in full hunting season, the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography proposes to you, as artefact of October, the antler gunpowder case, an indispensable object in practising hunting with fire arms at a time when this type of weapons was not yet perfected.             Unlike other types of horns (for eg: cattle horn which was mainly used to make various
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The artefact of September: the trellis

10.09.2020
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    An important part of traditional diet, fruits were considered a source of food in all seasons, being a consistent alternative during fasting periods, whether they were freshly consumed, or kept in the cellar or turned into marmalade (sometimes called “lictar” or “silvoiță”). Some of the fruits were dried for consumption during long winters. These dried fruits were part of the daily diet,
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The artefact of July – The water jug

13.07.2020
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This type of jug was used for transporting, storing and drinking water. The piece has a bitronconic shape, a domed body, a narrow base, a high and narrow neck, a bilobed mouth, endowed with a holed jigger, in order to prevent impurities from accessing the recipient. The jug is provided with a tube-type handle, endowed with a hole (“nipple” or “țâță”) for drinking. Inside the recipient, there is a
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THE ARTEFACT OF JUNE: “IA” (THE ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL BLOUSE)

04.06.2020
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Since the Universal Day of the Romanian Traditional Blouse (“Ia”) is unofficially celebrated (but perhaps more fastuously) on Midsummer Day (“Sânziene”), the artefact of June at the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography is an “ie” from central Romania. Not any Romanian traditional blouse was named “ie”, this term being used in Wallachia and southern Transylvania; in other regions, the same piece of
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The artefact of May: the ewe-cheese mold

12.05.2020
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The ewe-cheese mold – our proposal for the artefact of May – was used at the end of the 19th – the beginning of the 20th century in the Romanian pastoral environment from Bran and Vrancea ethnographic areas. The piece consists of two overlapping wooden boards. Both inner sides are decorated on the whole surface. Due to the anthropomorphic shape of the lid, the mold has the traditional name of “
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The artefact of April: the shepherd’s stick

11.04.2020
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April (in Latin – aprilis, from the Latin word “aperio, -ire” = to open), the 4th month of the year, traditionally named “prier”, is the period in which spring enters its rights, the plants sprout, at the same time, marking the beginning of the pastoral season, a period when the animal herds are formed, when the sheep gathering (milk measurement) takes place. As an object of the month, we propose
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The spade

11.03.2020
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The land cultivation is one of man’s oldest occupations. From the category of tools for working the land is also the spade. I am exemplifying this category of objects by the artefact no. inv. N7434 (originally from the village Tetișu, Sălaj county) exposed in the basic exhibition of our museum and in the photo below. The spade is used for digging the ground and for cutting the smaller roots,
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The artefact of February: the Saxon sheepskin coat

10.02.2020
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The climate with relatively harsh winters, as well as the significant number of sheep raised in the Intra-Carpathian area have spread the leather-made traditional garment elements throughout the Transylvanian area. Whether we refer to clogged or split vests, or to long or short sheepskin coats with sleeves, the Transylvanian sheepskin coat makers produced garments of a rare beauty, specific to
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FOLK CRAFTSMEN MARKET

24.05.2016
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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, public cultural institution under the authority of Cluj County Council, invites you to the Folk Craftsmen Market, 2016. The event takes place during the next weekend, 27th – 29th of May, 2016 in Avram Iancu Square in Cluj-Napoca. The participants at the market are folk craftsmen from all the representative regions of the country. The lovers of the
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