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Saint Andrew was named patron saint of Dobruja in 1994, and patron saint of Romania in 1997, with 30 November becoming a national holiday in 2012. Floral emblem: Romanian Peony [7] [8] [9] Official national flower since 2022. The Romanian Peony (Bujorul românesc in Romanian) day is celebrated on 15 May. National sport: Oină [10]
The Rulers that followed him, both Wallachians and Moldavians, wore a similar mantle, called in Romanian: caftan. The Phanariotes wore a mantle called in Romanian: cabaniţa ienicerilor. The Romanian Rulers from the 19th century reintroduce the mantle as symbol of authority, but unlike the Mircea the Elder's ceremonial dress, these had a long tail.
The art of painting them has seen a revival after the end of the communist period, and today there are many active icon painters in Romania. In Romania, icons painted as reversed images on glass and set in frames were common in the 19th century and are still made. "In the Transylvanian countryside, the expensive icons on panels imported from ...
The coat of arms of Romania was adopted in the Romanian Parliament on 10 September 1992 as a representative coat of arms for Romania.The current coat of arms is based on the lesser coat of arms of interwar Kingdom of Romania (used between 1922 and 1947), which was designed in 1921 by the Transylvanian Hungarian heraldist József Sebestyén from Cluj, at the request of King Ferdinand I of ...
Back of the 200 lei banknote of the Romanian leu featuring The Thinker. These artefacts stand out remarkably from contemporary artwork. Typically, ancient art from pre-literate societies tends to depict themes like hunting and fertility, often featuring faceless female Venus figurines with exaggerated buttocks and breasts. In striking contrast ...
Romanian teens in traditional clothes are dancing A traditional house in the Village Museum. The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and the learned culture, determined by two factors. First, the rural character of the Romanian ...
Believe it or not, there is a special meaning behind each one of those traditional Christmas decorations and rituals—and many of the symbols associated with the Christmas holiday actually have ...
The Antiquity in Romania spans the period between the foundation of Greek colonies in present-day Dobruja and the withdrawal of the Romans from "Dacia Trajana" province.The earliest records of the history of the regions which now form Romania were made after the establishment of three Greek towns—Histria, Tomis, and Callatis—on the Black Sea coast in the 7th and 6th centuries BC.