We are preparing to welcome the Easter holidays by keeping Lent, which lasts 48 days and starts immediately after the Sunday of Forgiveness, as it is written in the Orthodox calendar. There are some habits that are held pending this holiday. Lent is the way that is encountered the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Easter Feast.
The first day after Pancake Day is called Clean Monday, when, long ago, old women wove cloth from which the shirts were worn by Easter. Also on this day, is used to purify the place where people …

We found craftsman Maria Robu at the Children’s Club from commune Sabaoani at Circle of tapestry where a group of children within primary school from the village, dressed in folk costumes and organized in workshops, were preparing wool yarn, were knitting, were weaving at the vertical and horizontal looms, at tambour, were working at tapestry, at the tapestry made of nodes, were working on frames, were painting on canvas. It is the only commune in the county that has a Kids Club. We found that, in total, in the club Tapestry Circle …

He was born on Petricani, Neamt County on 16th of July, 1970. He graduated from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology “Dumitru Stăniloae” within “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Department of Sacred Art – Religious Painting. He dedicates himself, in 1990, to the painting of icons and wall painting (fresco) a few years later, a road that walked and walks with faith in what he does and in God. Ciprian Istrate had as mentors Michelangelo and Morosanu brothers from Suceava which recognizes their merit in its formation. Since 1996 participates in national …

 Neamt County is rich in places full of history, spirituality and natural beauty that represent tourist attractions that visitors from home or abroad can discover. It also has an appreciated culinary potential, characteristic to Moldavia, consisting in traditional delicious food and drinks that are served in any season. In order that the products offered to be natural and eco-friendly, the trout breeders, inns, hostels from our region obtain the products that compose their own menus in their micro farms. We also have a generous nature and you can often find …

Traditional Christmas Cake bearing different names in different regions of the country (Christmas Cake, Jesus’ Diapers, Christmas’s Eve Cake), in our region-Moldavia, especially in Neamţ county is called Cake with Linseed. This cake is made from unleavened dough, unlike ritual baked Christmases pastry (Romanian braids, sweet breads, triangular dumplings). Preparing the Cake with Linseed is a very important and expected moment for the families that kept the tradition of consuming this concoction, especially appreciated by people who have respected the austerity of the Christmas fast, all the ingredients being of …

At Romanians, the sheepfold work is conducted in a series of occurrences, a mixture of mythology, mysticism, of elements of the Christian religion, of rituals, of practices and beliefs related to old traditions, primary.
The division of sheep is an ancestral pastoral event, the second largest celebration of grazing.
After, in early May, the sheep are climbed to the mountain (sheep`s climbing), at St. Demetrius are unfolding the sheepfolds, balance and festive occasion for owners of the sheep and shepherds, that ends the pacts concluded.
After the sheep owners with their wives and …