In Stefan cel Mare commune from Neamt County, the local artisan Ciocarlan Vasile practices the crafts of masks creation. He uses his ingenuity to create a variety of masks that criticize the society. The crafts of traditional masks is an old tradition. These objects are mainly used in customs connected to the winter celebrations.
Ciocarlan Vasile creates masks that have a variety of forms. These creations are special because of their expressivity: the masks express greed, drunk, avarice, sloth. The masks represent old men and women, bears, goat head, ram and …

Ciocarlan Elena from Stefan cel Mare commune, Serbesti village is one of the local artisans that have a small workshop inside her own house. For almost 6 years she learned this craft of weaving with hemp, creating some interesting and beautiful objects.
Although this craft was practiced more by the women from the village, in time few kept the details and the secrets of creating these beautiful objects. Using the hemp rope to create interesting nodes is an art.
The artisan Ciocarlan Elena used old books to learn the basis of this …

Between June 19 and 20 2012 will take place two exhibitions organized by the Traditional Art School from Piatra Neamt from “Carmen Saeculare” Cultural and Art Center from Neamt County. The exhibitions are organized at the end of another school year when is the moment that the students to show their works.
Tuesday, June 19 from 16:00 in the room “Cupola” from Neamt County Library will take place the opening of students of teachers Arcadie Raileanu and Radu Macavei.
Wednesday, June 20 from 16:00 at the gallery of the school from Mihail …

Between June 23 and 24 2012 will take place in Piatra Neamt the V edition of the National Festival “Camena”. This is considered to be the most beautiful festival dedicated to children and youth. From its early editions this festival was a place where young talents can make a name for themselves.
On the two days of the festival will compete 93 contestants that came to Piatra Neamt from all over Romania. The organizer of the festival is “Victor Brauner” Art High School from Piatra Neamt with the support of the …

Ceahlau National Park was organized in 1955 as a protected area and its present days boundaries were marked in 2003. The maximum altitude on Ceahlau Mountain is on Ocolasul Mare Peak at 1907 m. The most visited and important peak of the mountain is Toaca Peak of 1904 m (mainly because Ocolasul Mare Peak is closed for the public). “Ocolasul Mare” Reservation has a surface of 186 ha.
This reservation was created in 1998 and the access to the peak was restricted. In this reservation there are 1100 species of flowers …

Ceahlau National Park is located at about 10 km west from Bicaz and in this wonderful area you can find the Scientific Reservation “Polita cu Crini”. This place can be reached on the route Lutu Rosu that starts at Izvorul Muntelui Chalet. The location is a scientific reservation from 1941 and here you can see Larch trees of over 30 m high and 90 cm in diameter.
As all the other places in Ceahlau this one has its own legends but the most well known is the story of a monk …

Among the protected areas from Ceahlau Mountain there are two nature monuments: Duruitoarea Waterfall and “Avenul Mare” (The Big Pothole). Duruitoarea Waterfall is one of the most visited places from the National Park Ceahlau. The access to the waterfall is made on the route marked with a red cross with a length of 7.5 km.
Duruitoarea Waterfall is located at 1270 m altitude and presents an impressive water fall of about 30 m. The waterfall was formed on Rupturi Creek and it’s one of the most beautiful and laud from the …