Archive For: Romanian traditions, legends and superstitions

Traditional costumes in Maramures area

The Romanian Blouse

June 23, 2015

Today, I can see all over Romania women, young girls, even tourists walking around wearing “ie” – and I realized that wearing this blouse has become a national trend, not just something hip in Bucharest.

Poenari Fortress

Vampires, Dracula and Transylvania

February 4, 2015
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Legends of vampires have existed for centuries, even millennia. The Mesopotamians, the Romans, even the Ancient Greeks, all had blood-drinking entities in their culture which can be considered the ancestors of modern vampires. Nevertheless, the image and description of these spirits/entities, as we know them today, date from the 18th century – and from nowhere else than Southeastern Europe and particularly Transylvania.