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24th of January 1859 Union Day
Moldavia and Wallachia united in a single state under
Alexandru Ioan Cuza


The union of
Transylvania
with Romania in
1918 was the last
event which
marked the
unification of
the country.

The map of Great Romania
On 1 December, Romania's
National Day, there will be held
military parades, shows and
special events throughout the
country
1 December - National Day
1st June, Childrens Day,
We can find the parks full of children playing, drawing
or taking part in special activities that the city has
prepared everywhere for them.
HEROES DAY- Ascension
The 40th day from the Orthodox Easter. Not a public
holiday - observed with military and religious
festivities at the monuments dedicated to the national
heroes (such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier)
Monuments dedicated to veneration
of heroes
31st of December New Years Eve
Popular tradition: goat dance and plough
performances in which young boys go awassailing
through the village. These are ment to conclude the
year that just ends and to wish all the best for the year
to come.


1st of January New Year's Day
and Saint Vasiles Day.
Popular tradition : large group of people go from
house to house to greet the villagers.

6th of January The Epiphany
The day when Jesus was baptized by Saint John.
Religious tradition: the water is hallowed, the priests
go in every house to prepare the households for the
new year and a cross thrown in a river or lake and some
young men are trying to find it and bring it back.
Popular tradition: predictions of the weather and
harvests of the new year.

EASTER holiday without a fix date

Easter is one of the most important religious celebrations in
Romania. Many churches across Romania hold special Easter
services. Families and friends gather for an Easter lunch or
dinner, where meals include:
Lamb meat, including drob (lamb organs haggis with
vegetables).
Pasc, a special type of Cozonac (walnut pound cake).
Painted eggs. The colors that are used are red, yellow, blue, green
and black.
Romanians call the painted and decorated eggs oua
incondeiate, oua impiestrite, or oua inchiestrite. It is
customary to knock each others eggs during Easter, and it is
believed that people who knock each others eggs will see each
other again after death

Rusaliile (Pentecost and Whit Monday)
50th and 51st days after Easter (this was instated
as a national holiday in 2010).
It celebrates the Christian belief of the Holy
Spirits descent on Jesus Christs disciples.
we can see the Cluariis dance, which is a healing
and protection ritual against mythical creatures
15th August, Saint Marys Day
(Dormition of the Theotokos)
The Feast of the Dormition of
the Mother of God
(Adormirea Maicii Domnului)
is an annual national holiday
in Romania on August 15. It
celebrates the Christian belief
that God assumed the Virgin
Mary into Heaven following
her death.
St. Andrew's Day
Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Romania
Statues, paintings, and other artwork
representing the likeness of St Andrew are
seen in many churches in Romania.
Garlic is used as a form of protection on St Andrews
Day as it is believed that souls of the dead come back
in the evening of November 30.
Christmas Day - December 25

Christmas activities include decorating Christmas
trees, caroling songs from home to home, and giving
presents to one another on Christmas Eve (Ajunul
Crciunului). The Christmas dinners often include
different types of pork dishes, Ciorba de perisoare
(vegetable soup with bran and pork meatballs),
Sarmale (cabbage leaves stuffed with pork), and
Cozonac (fruit bread)
The Romanian traditions and customs includes
carols, star songs, the plough song, Sorcova, masks
dances (horses, deers, goat) and various actions,
sayings, superstitions have their origin in ancient
myths or Christian stories
24th of February Dragobetele
Romanian correspondent of Saint Valentines Day.
Dragobete is a festive Romanian holiday that is
associated with love and the arrival of spring.
According to myth, Dragobete was the son of Baba
Dochia, a woman who marks the return of spring. The
day is also known as the time when birds are
betrothed because during this time of year, birds
generally build their nests and mate..

1st of March Mrior
It is the celebration of spring. Popular tradition:
amulets with red-white thread are offered to women to
were them for a few days.
Martisorul is a decorative object, with a red-white
wire around, you gave it to a person you like and it
must be kept near her heart.


1st -9th of March - Babele
(the Old Lady Days).
Popular tradition: everyone choose one
of these days; the weather in that day
shows how the year is going to be for the
person who chose that day. Source
legend: as she was climbing a mountain,
old lady Dochia threw one by one, day by
day all 9 sheepskin coats she was
wearing. In the last day, the 9th, she died
and turned into a rock.

8th March,
International Womens Day,

Celebrating all women, especially mothers who
receive many flowers on this day. We organize a
lot of activities and shows to celebrate and honor
this day in which we sing songs and recite poems
dedicated to our mothers.
9th of March Mucenicii
All Saints Day
Religious tradition: a special food is
prepared, is recommended to drink 40-44
glasses of wine (one for every saint martyr) and
in this day the gates of heaven are opened and
the souls of the ones who passed away are
among us. Popular tradition: this is the day of
the vernal equinox (after the old calendar) and
fires are set in every yard in order to purify the
land and the lights help the sun to defeat the
darkness.

24th of June Snzienele
(Drgaica)
Goddess of the wheat fields and married women.
Popular tradition: girls are wearing coronets of flowers
named Snziana (Drgaica) then throw them on the
village houses to bring luck or to show if the girl who
threw it gets married that year.