If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed or to sign up for email alerts. We hope you enjoy your virtual journey through beautiful Romania!One of the most beautiful Easter traditions is the “Florii” - the Palm Sunday (Duminica Floriilor) – which is the Sunday before Easter (Sunday the 20th [...]

Yesterday you read about the mystic powers of the Easter painted eggs. You know now that the tradition is ancestral, dated before Christ. You know the legend of the red Easter eggs and you know that this beautiful tradition prevails in the north of the country, where many other Romanian traditions survived time and political [...]

Orthodox Easter this year is 27-28th April - at the end of next week. So the next entries will be dedicated to Romanian Easter traditions you are probably not familiar with.
Easter is the most important religious celebration in my country. Its traditions go beyond the Christian dogmas, to pagan rituals, myths of creations and symbols [...]

While Valentine’s Day is mostly related to people (a saint and those he helped) and their actions in the name of love, the Romanian holiday dedicated to love, Dragobete, is strongly connected to nature. Celebrated on February 24th, it is linked to that special time of year when birds build their nests and mate. As [...]