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About Maramures
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Maramureş region, and also country, is situated in the far North of Roumania.
It is a region of high hills and mountains, therefore, most of the products that
we will sell here are made of wood, the wooden craftmen from Maramureş are wordwide
famous for the wooden sculptures, mainly traditional one wood-piece gates.
You may find here the oldest traditions and habits from Roumania, due to the fact
that the people living here are very fond of their traditions, history and popular folk objects.
They are considering themselves the purest people living in nowadays Roumania, very serious, honest,
hard-working and mainly brave – because this region was the only region that the Romans
couldn’t occupy under the invasions and conquest of Dacia
(they used to call themselves “free – Dacians” and some of them still prefer to call themselves “free – Dacians”.
The most common handmade traditional objects that you can find on this site to buy are: ceramics,
Dracula souvenir, wood products, dolls and masks, textiles.
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About Dracula
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Dracula is the most famous myth that Roumania possesses.
The legend of Dracula is famous worldwide, there were written a lot of books
and made a lot of films. Dracula is the visid representation of the king of
Roumania – Vlad “the Devil”. He used to call himself Vlad “the Devil”,
“the Impaler” (because he used to impale villains in long sticks), or “the Dragon”
(because he and his father were members of the Order of Dragons – founded by Harold, King of England).
Dracula is a legend but even many Romaniens believe in this legend.
The difference is that the Europeans consider him a vampire, the natives consider him and
his follows a “strigoi” (rom. W.) – a “living-dead”. That is why all the objects displayed
for selling (no matter the type: pictures, clocks, etc) present a scary and sinister version of
this cruel but fair king.
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About Romania and Bistrita-Nasaud
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Roumania is a country situated in the Eastern of Europe
that continues to be very fond and proud of his origins, history and traditions.
You may find here many beautiful and original traditions, due to the fact that Roumania
continues to be also a rural country. Villages still keep the old flavor of a traditional village with
its traditions, customs and handmade popular ancient items. There are a lot of popular folk
craftsmen that are very well known in Roumania and also in some parts of Europe and Central America.
Bistriţa – Nasaud country is a region full of
traditions and customs easy to be seen in every village of this region. Traditional objects are preserved
from generation to generation and there still are popular craftsmen that continue to manufacture
these items, such as the bags from Salva, the popular costumes were in different occasions.
This country also has the famous Castle of Dracula,
situated on the highest peak of the Bârgău mountains, visited by thousands of people every year.
The popular craftsmen from this region manufacture a lot of objects to preserve the memory of
Vlad “the Impaler” worldwide recognized as Count Dracula – the vampire.
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About Company
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Our company was founded with the true aim of
displaying worldwide the beautiful and original traditions of Roumania, “a picture” of this country
from Eastern Europe rich of traditions, popular handmade items that are trying to preserve its
history, origins and traditions.
All the objects displayed for selling are
manufactured by traditional craftsmen. They are all handmade, always regarding the ancient methods of
manufacturing these items.
The products are from various parts of
Roumania with their particular traditions and customs. We have displayed a variety of products: from dolls,
clocks, pitchers or pints to bags, hats, folk costumes. The products are from:
Transylvania (Maramures, Korund, Bistrita-Nasaud), Moldova, Sibiu – to emphasize the Germanic influences.
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Rough ceramics representing a woman dressed in traditional fo ...
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Price:
$136.75
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Terra cotta case used for parfumed candle
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Price:
$67.07
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Hand made ceramics doll dressed in the traditional suit of th ...
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Price:
$96.80
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Handmade traditional woman blouse from the Bistrita region ma ...
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Price:
$111.55
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Handmade traditional woman blouse from the Bistrita region ma ...
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Price:
$111.55
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Handmade traditional handbag from the Bistrita region (Salva ...
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Price:
$83.72
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Traditional mask from Vrancea, made from handcarved wood. 35x70cm
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Price:
$131.25
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Traditional handmade handbag made from woolen from the Bistri ...
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Price:
$83.72
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