Ionela Lungu is a local artisan from Humulesti village (a place near Targu Neamt, from Neamt County) that manages to create handmade objects inspired by stories by Ion Creanga (the greatest storyteller of Romania). She lives a few houses away from where Ion Creanga lived and she has a real passion for everything related to this great writer. That is why she tries to share this passion with other people by creating clay figurines that represent characters created by Ion Creanga, like: ant Marioara, Pacala, Mos Nichifor Cotcarul, Mos Ion …

Sabaoani commune is the biggest rural settlement from Neamt County and also one of the oldest and biggest Catholic communities from Moldova. With a population of over 11.000 people, Sabaoani commune is located in the north-east of Neamt County, at about 8 km to the north from Roman.
Here, in this historic place, the old ways of crafting the objects used in traditional households are kept alive by local artisans. The most common crafts in Sabaoani are weaving and spinning used to produce different fabrics. These traditional handmade objects are made …

In Neamt county, Romanian folk traditions are kept alive by the skill and effort of the local artisans. These people manage to recreate objects that were once usual objects that could be found in any traditional Romanian house but now are having more an ornamental role.
Rodica Ciocartau from Pipirig commune, Boboiesti village is one of the local artisans from Neamt County that keeps alive the traditional process of making fabrics and that has her own workshop. She works with traditional tools after traditional fabric patterns. In her workshop Rodica Ciocartan …

Neamt County is a true cradle of Romanian culture that over time, through the talent and diligence of the people living here became a place where many customs, traditions and crafts were born. Here are some of these customs and traditions that are best known:
Fabrics are presented in a wide variety of shapes and colors. Fabrics are handcrafted from wool, hemp and in with a geometric or floral background and are made by utilizing a technique called “weaving in stands”. These fabrics that were used to decorate the interior of …

Easter Holyday represents for believers one of the most important Christian celebrations. That is why, every year each Christian respects the holy traditions and prepare to receive the Light of Resurrection.  According to traditions, in Neamt County people have to clean their houses few weeks before Easter and in some parts there is also the tradition to wear something new.
In the week before Easter believers take part each night at the holy service and on Friday, also called The Big Friday, believers will …

Last weekend hundreds of people visited our Martisor Festival located in the historic center of Piatra Neamt. Local artists and craftsmen from Neamt County and all of Romania gathered to present handmade objects that we call Martisor,  considered to be a symbol of Spring and good luck.
The tradition of Martisor is more than 2000 years old and we are still practicing this tradition annually on March 1. There are numerous legends about the significance of Martisor, about the red and white wires but in a simple way Martisor represents a …