Moldova has religious holidays and celebrations for national events. Since many people still live in the rural countryside, the celebration of traditional festivals continues to survive. There are also many established music and dance festivals.
National holidays are days in which reminding or celebrating important events for the destinies of people, events that marked the nation becoming [...]
Icon is a Greek word meaning image. Icons are usually painted on a wooden base known as an icon board. The board consist of several parts bound together at the back by planks. The icon is placed on the face side of the board in a shadow rectangle or square groove (ark). Before painting begins, [...]
The Folk Dance Ensemble “Joc” was inaugurated in August 1945. The Artistic leader and ballet master since 1958 is Vladimir Curbet.The ensemble is the one of keeper and successor of Moldavian traditions of folk arts choreography. In their repertory are folk dances like “Moldoveneasca”, “Hora”,etc. Also, they created a range of suite and choreography known [...]
About 98,5% of Moldovans belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church, a branch of Christianity. the Moldovan Metropolitan Chrurch is one branch of The Eastern Orthodox Church, which is a group of self-govering churches. It recognizes the honorary primacy of the Patriarch of Constantinopole. The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian branch that separated from Roman Catholic [...]
Since ancient times the people living between the Prut and Nistru rivers have celebrated the end of the grape harvest and birth of their new wine. Every winegrowing family joins in these festival activities.
In autumn the courtyards of village houses are transformed into miniature wineries. The freshly picked grapes are placed in the wine press [...]
One of the old Moldovan legend says that once in a fight with the winter witch, that didn’t want to give up its place, the beautiful lady Spring cut her finger and few drops of her blood fell on the snow, which melted. Soon on this place grew a snowdrop and in such a way [...]
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