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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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 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 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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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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