Between April 16 and 21, 2011, in the Central Market from Piatra Neamt will take place the Traditional food products Easter Fair, with ecological products and many goodies necessary for the dinner table on Easter day. The event is organized by the Local Chamber of Commerce, the Town Hall of Piatra Neamt and the Urban SA Company.
At this fair you’ll see traditional food products, such as: pasca (a traditional cake), cozonac, lamb, traditional food products made from milk and meat, fish products, ecological products, wines, honey, canned fruits and vegetables, …

Between February 24 and March 1st, 2011, in the Central Market from Piatra Neamt will take place a Traditional Food Products and Martisor Fair. The celebration of martisor is an old Romanian tradition that lasts for more than 2000 years.
Although there are many stories that talk about the significance of martisor, this messenger of spring, made from two strings – one white and one red – is usually worn at the beginning of spring for health, good luck and protection. That is why, every year, at the beginning of March, …

Each year on February 24, we celebrate our own traditional holiday dedicated to love: Dragobete. The Orthodox Church celebrates in this day The Finding of St Joan’s Head, a religious holiday also known as “spring head” in our tradition.
Dragobete first appears at our ancestors: Daci. In their beliefs, Dragobete was a matchmaker and a godfather for the animals. Romanians carried on this tradition and transformed this myth in a love story: those that meet in this day will be loved all year long.
Dragobete was the son of Dochia and was …

Neamt County is guarded by tall mountains with strong pine trees. The smooth hills are surrounding Roman and pointy mountains are placed around Piatra Neamt. It seems that everything that nature has to offer is here: the mountains, the rapid flowing creeks, the smooth surface of lakes and the beauty of the hills.
Bicaz town, located along River Bistrita valley, and Targu Neamt town, where you can visit the medieval fortress of ruler Stephen the Great, have plenty of stories to tell about the history, culture and beauty of these places.
Over …

The traditional mask-dances from the night of New Year’s Eve represent the celebration of “all madness” in the night when a “new order is installed and when life is reborn”. For centuries traditions like “Capra” (The Goat), “Ursul” (The Bear) or “Calutii” (The Small Horses) are highly appreciated by people that witness these dances. Around these “animals” there are bands that wear masks representing humans in all their diversity. You’ll see masks representing elders, old ugly women, devils, goats and so on. These characters are called either “Uratii”, which means …

In the last day of every year, traditions and customs from Neamt County are an eco over time of our primordial traditions and customs. Here are two traditions that are still alive and that take place in the day before the new year.
“Plugusorul”  (The Little Plow) (performed on December 31)
The tradition of “Plugusor” continues in Neamt County under different forms, depending of the ethnographic area. Although there are different names for this custom, like “Plugusor” (Little Plow), “Urat”, “Uratura de Sfantul Vasile” (St Vasile Wishing), “Buhai” (The Bull – because …