The cultural heritage of Moldova is abundant with traditions and customs.

Moldova is located in favorable climate conditions which permits the successful cultivation of various fruits and vegetables. The country has also developed sheep and goat herding since B.C times. The Moldovan national foods are abundant in both vegetable and meat recipes. One of the best known Moldovan national dishes is Mamaliga a sort of porridge served with diced meat, sour cream, cottage cheese, eggs, and mujdei. Other popular foods are prepared from eggplant, peas, bell peppers, lamb, mutton, veal, pork, and rabbit meat. So food became also a tradition. I will not talk about the traditional dishes seen we are all Moldovans, I will talk about weddings dishes. Wedding event is probably the most full with traditions and customs. And although we know the majority of them, is good to know its significance. In addition, it is possible that on some of them you know for the first time. The invinting to the wedding is a big tradition the bride the parents with a bottle of wine connected with basil. Colacul mirilor - test of authority. When you sit at the big table, the bride and groom make a life beautifully decorated with flowers. They must break it applies only one hand. Who breaks the largest seat, that they say will have greater authority in the new family. Then the colacul is divided as to return all the wedding guests to taste it. Throwing wheat and rice-wheat and rice Throwing is a wedding tradition which lately seems to be replaced with multicolored confetti throwing leaving the church and civil state. This custom originated in an ancient ritual page, which consists of throwing seeds / grains over newlyweds wedding day, seeds whose strength and especially fertility would have been transmitted by this symbolic gesture. The wedding becomes a blessed and fertile. Variant confetti lose ritual connotations, visual effect but can not be neglected. Nowadays there are variant throw flower petals gesture whose symbolism is overloaded with symbolism flowers whose petals are chosen. Also throw gesture "iygonesc evil spirits" in the way the bride and groom, thus smoothing the way they have chosen to walk together. Masa mare- Meals and drinks is the official celebration of the new couple and is usually done by a party with food and drink plentiful. Wine served diners sharing life couple symbolizes God. In old time masa mare begin where have served sarmale. After masa mare all the guests try to look trough their pockets. Wedding cake-Romans had the habit at the end of the marriage ceremony to break bread over the bride's head and crumbs number indicates how many children will be the new couple. Invitations picking the crumbs and keep them for good luck. Over time, the sophistication, the bread was replaced with cakes and later the wedding cake. The dance of chiken It is said that this custom is hundreds of years old, its origin is unclear but it seems a well cooked chicken and colorful decorated as was worn in dance steps

popular among diners by the head chef, as a sign of dishes chosen and merits that would be made, requiring a small nose / high reward. It is a very fun for the guests, but for today negotiations have changed and kitchens anyway get some money for what they do, those who choose to play at their wedding, hen do or asking the waiter / waitress chicken dance will not ask money of the nose, or will choose a man of the guests more fun that take this dance. "Tomorrow the juice" - with these words the householder spends a good army that brought her to the wedding and they took great care waiters. From ancient times to new Moldovan juice or soup giblets in other places postnuptial fits into the landscape.