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[12 Oct 2022 | No Comment | ]
A 200-year-old house in Neamţ – a treasure chest of ancestral values

The journey of a passionate collector in recreating an entire universe of authentic rustic architecture in Tazlău, Neamţ County.
A house built of wood, clay and stone, with an architecture that respects the typical structure of households in Neamţ 200 years ago, has been undergoing a continuous process of rehabilitation and conservation since 2009, currently approaching the moment of being included among the ethnographic museums from Neamț County. The house in Tazlău stands as a complete, expressive creation of the old rural society, revealing the way of living, the technical, social …

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[1 Feb 2022 | No Comment | ]
Ecotourism’s Development in Neamț County

 
In 2021, one of the 10 ecotourism destinations in Romania and the only one in the country included in the Top 100 Sustainable Destinations, is in Neamț, the renowned Bison Land, which remains for the fifth year in a row in this exclusive top worldwide.
 
Here you will discover important landmarks of the destination, such as the Dragoș Vodă Bison Reserve, of about 11,500 ha, established in 1968, where, in addition to bison, you can also see other animal species such as Carpathian deer, Northern shovelers, deer, foxes, badgers, wolves and bears.
The land …

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[29 Dec 2021 | No Comment | ]
Traditions and customs at the Christmas Market in Neamț

Learned by doing over centuries and often connected to faith, customs, which deeply penetrated the collective consciousness, are still observed today in Neamţ villages. Customs have been strongly preserved owing to their value that stood the test of time, and have been accepted by the entire community.
Children or young people that go caroling singing, the Star songs and the theater on religious themes are part of the performances that take place at the Christmas Market in Neamț. The New Year is greeted with Plugușorul, the ox, the bells and even the plough pulled …

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[31 May 2021 | No Comment | ]
In Săbăoani, Neamț County, kids carry the customs and traditions further

Children come together in a special place where they can practice handicrafts and tackle into the crafts’ mysteries, inherited from their ancestors. Children in Săbăoani weave, sew, embroider, love the folk costume and learn to create wonderful things. They represent a new generation of children that learn to carry further the wonderful customs and traditions from the places in Neamț County.
Maria Robu is the one who represents the thread between the old generation and the new one. She is both a folk craftsman and a dedicated teacher at the School …

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[20 Apr 2021 | No Comment | ]
Neamţ villages – cradles of beauty, artistic creativity and perennial values

Where eternity was born…
Organized in harmony and equilibrium, down the valleys and along the roads or clustered in flat areas, the villages in Neamţ belong to the typical area of transition between mountains and plain.
Whether you see them on the main roads or remote, among mountain peaks or hills, villages in Neamţ County reveal a special world, and remain in time the most precious gift that could be inherited. Here you encounter the source of wisdom, of majesty, of energy, where the true values are never lost, everything is more …

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[5 Mar 2021 | No Comment | ]
Neamț County – an endless wellspring of creativity in folk art and a form of visual therapy

 
Amazing diversity and artistic expressiveness
Whether we are talking about loom-made traditional fabrics, beautiful wooden sculptures, folk costumes with amazing embroidery of local motifs, or the famous folk New Year’s masks for dancers, folk craftsmen in Neamț County keep on perpetuating the traditional folk art in the most diverse artistic forms and styles.
Handmade products cover a wide variety of thematic areas: ceramics, wood and furniture, domestic industry, soft goods and traditional costumes, leather works, glazed eggs, icons and naive painting, braids, folk masks, ornaments, traditional foods, bone objects, glassware, and even …