Folk Romania is the traditional Romanian art shop. You can learn here about the ancient traditions of the Romanian people. You can also see photos from Romania and send greetings. Our shop contains Romanian pottery, ceramic objects, masks, icons, movies, books, albums, textiles, folk Romanian costumes and dolls.
On Folk Romania you can learn all about the old Romanian traditions, about the old architecture, the cooking recipes, the life and customs of the Romanian people. The gallery has images and photos from various regions of Romania, from mountains and sea. You can also send greetings. You can virtually travel to Transylvania, Moldavia or Walachia and find information about Romania and Romanian people and Romanian history. Dracula, the Transylvania prince, is also present on Folk Romania.
You can buy gifts for the loved ones. They will love the Romanian masks, pottery, dolls, movies, books, textiles, albums, cd, landscapes and photos.
On Folk Romania forum you can meet the Romanians from the entire world and talk about Romania and its people.
Gaseste cele mai potrivite cadouri pentru cei dragi! Trimite felicitari virtuale cu imagini din Romania! Redescopera obiceiurile si traditiile milenare ale poporului roman! Folk Romania este un site despre Romania traditionala, cu oamenii, locurile, obiceiurile si mestesugurile ei.
Magazinul virtual de pe Folk Romania cuprinde obiecte de ceramica, masti traditionale, papusi, icoane, testaturi, costume populare, carti si albume.
Afla cat mai multe despre adevaratele traditii ale romanilor, despre arhitectura populara, alimentele, viata si obiceiurile poporului roman.
In galerie sunt cuprinse fotografii si imagini din diverse zone ale Romaniei, atat de la munte, cat si de la mare. Poti sa calatoresti in mod virtual prin Transilvania, Moldova sau Valahia si sa afli informatii despre Romania, poporul roman si istoria Romaniei.
Aici poti sa cumperi cadouri pentru cei dragi. Vor indragi mastile, ceramica, icoanele, papusile, tesaturile, costumele, cartile, cd, albumele, fotografiile si peisajele romanesti.
Pe forumul Folk Romania poti sa intalnesti romani din toate colturile lumii si sa discutati despre Romania si oamenii sai.
The old name of July is “cuptor” (meaning “oven” in Romanian language). This is due to the high temperatures of this month, but also because now is the time when the crops are harvested.
July 1st: Cosmandinul (Saints Cosma and Damian); Ana Foca
Saints Cosma and Damian (the poor saint doctors) are the ones who protect the people from various illness.
Ana Foca celebration, name originated from combining the names of two Christian saints, Ana and Foca, is respected for fear of fire. Here fire means the heat of the sun, which destroys the crops, but also means lightnings and thunders.
July 8th: St. Pricopie; The celebration of the wolf
St. Pricopie plays a very important role for the crops, which he protects against the meteorological disasters. If the people don`t respect his celebration, St. Pricopie will send lightnings, thunders, hail or heat. Taking a wolf shape, he can also kidnap the children of those who worked during this celebration.
The peasants from the Apuseni Mountains (called “moti”) believe that the ones who don`t respect St. Pricopie`s day will be taken away by two very powerful winds, called Harcodan and Dornados.
July 15th: Ciurica
The name of this celebration had also originated in composing the names of two saints, Chiriac and Iulita. Ciurica is a goddess who beats (in Romanian language: “ciuruie”) the ones who work on her day.
In this day women have special powers and the right to command and even punish their husbands. Some of the men temporarily leave home, being afraid of their wives.
It is not recommended to argue or fight on this day, as you`ll continue doing it during the year. People also believe that who is beaten today will be beaten all year long.
Women don`t work, being afraid of the illness or of the wolves which eat the cattle.
July 16th-18th: The Summer “Circovi”; St. Marina (July 17th)
Brothers with the Winter Circovi, the Summer Circovi (also called Marina`s Circovi) are very dangerous gods. They send natural disasters or the wild animals to punish the people who don`t respect their celebration. Peasants also respect this day for fear of illness.
St. Marina is the patron of the dead children` souls. Especially pregnant women should respect her day, in order to give birth to healthy children. The herbs receive magical powers on this day. The mothers used to dole brooms made of wormwood, together with chicken, corn and flowers. St. Marina punishes very severely those who work on her celebration.
July 20th: St. Ilie (Sanilie)
St. Ilie, or, as the folk calendar names it, Sanilie, is one of the most important celebrations of the month of July.
In the middle of the summer, this day had been initially consacrated to a solar god. Later, a Christian celebration, the one of St. Ilie, superposed the pagan one. As the solar god, in the folk beliefs Santilie walks in a charriot with winged horses. He lights the sky with his lightings and fire arrows.
The folk tradition associates this saint with the rain. He is the patron of the clouds, of the lightings and thunders, which uses in order to kill the devils or when he`s mad at the people for having lost his coat.
Peasants tell that St. Ilie`s charriot has some nails on the wheels, in order not to slip from the sky. These nails pierce the sky and the water comes out on earth under the shape of the rain.
Other ancient beliefs tell that St. Ilie is the master of a very powerful being, called „sorb”, which drinks the waters or swallows frogs and dragons.
Grandmothers tell that this saint always waits anxiously his birthday, asking God when it will be. The Lord, knowing that St. Ilie will strongly whip of joy on his birthday, thus destroying the world, always tells him: „It will come, Ilie, it wil come...”. After some days have passed, God tell the Saint that his birthday has already gone. Ilie gets mad and sends storms, thunders and lightnings on the earth – these are the storms „after St. Ilie”.
As on all important celebrations, people shouldn`t work . As the apple is the fruit of the Saint, people take first the apples to church and only eat them afterwards. Feasts are organized in the mountains, the shepherds separate the sheep from the rams, medicinal herbs are gathered and spells are made in order to keep away the rain, hail, thunders and the others forces of nature that St. Ilie commands.
July 21th: Ilie Palie
This is the first day of the week of the Parlii. People say that the Parlii are the sisters of St. Ilie.
Ilie Palie would be the brother, father or even the coachman of St. Ilie. The celebration is also respected for fear of fire and illness.
July 22th: Foca
St. Foca is the one responsible for the fires and the heat which destroy the crops. People say that this celebration is so important that even the Turks respect it.
July 27th: St. Ilie the Little; St. Pantelimon (Pintilie the Traveller)
St. Ilie the Little (or the Lame man), also called St. Pantelimon or Pintilie the traveller, is the younger brother of St. Ilie. He asks his brother not to send the forces of nature upon the crops, thus punishing the people.
As almost all celebrations of the month of July, this day is especially respected for fear of illness, fires, hail and storms.
It is believed that this is the end of the summer and people begin to prepare for the autumn.
The old name of July is “cuptor” (meaning “oven” in Romanian language). This is due to the high temperatures of this month, but also because now is the time when the crops are harvested.
