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The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in
\nBucharest, this year as well, invites children to discover the traditions of the
\nRomanian space. Therefore, every weekend starting from mid February until mid
\nMarch, the workshops on the ‘village lanes’ are waiting for children to
\ndiscover alongside genuine folk artists the ways in which the symbols of spring
\nused to be manufactured: dolls, decorations, toys and of course the March
\namulets or martisoare. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ethnologist and researcher with the
\nVillage Museum in Bucharest Lia Cosma:<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

The celebrations of spring start with
\nDragobete, on February 24, and at this time of year, we always recollect what
\nused to happen in traditional communities. Here at the Village Museum we want
\nto recreate the atmosphere of the past, so we bring folk artists and people who
\nstill preserve the traditions and customs related to the spring rituals. Dragobete
\nis gone now, but children have come and discovered the customs observed mainly
\nin the south of Romania. They participated in workshops in which folk artists
\nand fine artists showed them how to manufacture various objects from
\ntraditional materials such as wool yarn. In March we’ll have workshops devoted
\nto the legendary Old Lady Dochia, the wicked and ugly old lady who, from March
\n1 to 9, will try to delay the coming of the spring season.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Lia Cosma also told us that the March amulet was
\ninitially made from two woven threads, white and red, or white and black in
\nearlier times, which represent light and darkness, power and gentleness, the good
\nand the evil. Later a small coin was added to the March amulet, symbolizing the
\nSun which always brings light and heat: <\/p>\n

Lia Cosma:<\/p>\n

According to
\ntradition, the March Amulet was offered to the lads by the girls mainly in
\nMoldavia, while the lads offered the March Amulet to the girls elsewhere around
\nthe country. The custom is replete with symbolical and protection qualities.
\nAnd that, because people wore it as a necklace or at the wrist, while in two
\nweeks’ time or even after a month, in some regions, the March Amulets were
\nplaced in tree branches, they were even hung on animals’ horns or at the roof
\nbeam of the stables, precisely because their role was to avert the ever darker
\nside of winter and attract welfare and well being. Also used in other Balkan
\ncountries, in Bulgaria, in Albania, the March Amulet was included in UNESCO’s
\nworld immaterial heritage list, in 2017, so it had its recognition thanks to
\nits significance, thanks to its beauty and especially because of its ancestral
\ntradition.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Dr Lia Cosma, doing research in ethnology with the
\nVillage Museum in Bucharest told us what exactly children learned in the
\nworkshops held in early spring. <\/p>\n

Lia Cosma:<\/p>\n

This time children learned how
\nthreads were made, how to manufacture the little coins, which in the past were made
\nof gold or silver, reminding everyone of the old-time tradition. There were
\nworkshops with little flowers, with snowdrops, with little seams, with traditional
\nadornment drawing a great many children, there have been times when the Village
\nMuseum couldn’t cope with the demands from parents, keen on orienting their
\nchildren towards things that belong to our people from time immemorial.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Apart from the workshops for children or for parents
\nand children, the Village Museum has other surprises in store. <\/p>\n

Lia Cosma:<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

The museum located at the Promenade
\nthese very days plays host to the March Amulet Fair, where a great many artists
\nchose to meet, some of them observing the tradition proper, others choosing
\nother sources of inspiration, yet always sticking to the theme of the March
\namulet. The snowdrop is a recurrent presence, this symbol of spring can be
\nfound in ceramics, in weaving patterns, in knitting, it can even be found in
\nlittle wooden items. It is a real joy for those working on it. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Lia Cosma also told us that despite the wide variety
\nof March Amulets available on the market in recent years, the most successful
\nones are still the traditional March Amulets, thanks to their elegance, finesse
\nand simplicity. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in
\nBucharest marks every passage of the year through specific events, so Lia Cosma
\nannounced us the Easter and Palm Sunday workshops were being prepared, with
\nchildren learning to paint eggs and icons. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n
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