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Romanian traditional clothing refers to the national costume worn by Romanians, who live primarily in Romania and Moldova, with smaller communities in Ukraine and Serbia. Today, the vast majority of Romanians wear modern-style dress on most occasions, and the garments described here largely fell out of use during the 20th century.
The helmet was discovered in 1926 on a grassland by a farmer's child named Traian Simion who was herding sheep in the village of Poiana Coțofenești (now part of Vărbilău commune), Prahova County, Romania, at a location called "Vârful Fundăturii" [citation needed]. The child reportedly wore the helmet for two weeks and used it as a toy ...
The top of the opanky was made by lacing together strips of gut or hide. At the heel the sole continues into the woven part ending in long leather laces which were used to tie the opanci to the foot. These were worn over stockings. Opanci were originally made at home, then by village makers, and later by specialist opanky makers in small towns.
Illustration featuring the Romanian coat of arms and tricolor. Romania's history has been full of rebounds: the culturally productive epochs were those of stability when the people proved quite an impressive resourcefulness in the making up for less propitious periods and were able to rejoin the mainstream of European culture.
Romani men in urban areas tend to wear shiny suits and ties as a display of fashion, status, and elegance. Romani men often wear golden rings and necklaces as jewelry. The hat and vest of a Romani man is indicative of his tribe and clan affiliation. Because of the Romani stigma surrounding the lower body, Romani men will often avoid wearing ...
This category describes modern Romanian fashion. Traditional and historic Romanian clothing should be categorised under Category:Romanian clothing
The ratio of Slavic loanwords is especially high in the religious vocabulary (25%) and in the semantic field of social and political relations (22.5%). [25] Slavic loanwords make up more than 10% of the Romanian terms related to speech and language, to basic actions and technology, to time, to the physical world, to possession and to motion. [26]
The Romanian "Steel Crown" is the crown that was used for the coronation of Romanian kings. [2] It was cast of steel from a Turkish cannon that was captured by the Romanian Army during the Siege of Plevna [3] in the Romanian War of Independence (1877–1878). King Carol I chose that the crown be made of steel, not gold, to symbolize the bravery of