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book title: Album: Romania: Costume Populare din Batrani
Romania: Old Romanian Folk Costumes
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In Romania there is a large varity of folk or ethnic dresses. From region to region, the costume details are so different that one can identify the area of Romania in which a person lives just by their clothes style. Depending on who is counting and how the counting is done, one can list up to 120 diferent folkloric or ethnographic zones, but a few are very similar. There are over 140 plates, presnting about 280 figures. Duplicate pictures refer to old-new and summer-winter outfits. The book presents costumes from 97 ethnographic zones and mentions which zones are similar, so you will have an idea about the Romanian Folk Costumes of all 120 ethnographic zones. For a broad classification of Romanian Folk costumes one could consider 7 (SEVEn) main ethnographic regions. On this web page we include one plate from each ethnographic region:     Transylvania or Ardeal West Plains (Arad-Bihor-Oas), Banat; Oltenia-Muntenia Baragan-Dobrogea Moldova, Romanians Outside Romanian borders. in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Ukraine Also Also folk costumes of other ethnic groups who live in Romania: Germans (Saxons, Landlers, Swabians,) Magyars (Hungarians,) Slavs (Bulgarians, Croatians, Hutzuli Ukrainians, Russians Lipoveni, Slovaks, Serbians) Gypsies, Turks, Ttatars   Here is what you get: High quality computer pritnout of illustrations (not photographs) of Romanian Folk Costumes. Man and women, young and old, Sunday best (most) and work clothes. Introduction, description.Tables. Maps. This is a good guide regarding the Romanian ethnic / national costumes. All ethnographically correct. List of costumes. Romanian folk Costume of Abrud / Bucium Ampoi (Valea ~) Zlatna Alba Alesd (Bihor) Arad (Sud) oprege Arad (Orasenesc) Arad (Nord ) zadii Arges Aries (Valea~)Salciua Almaj--Carbunari Almaj--Valea Nerei Aromani or macedo-romani BabadagDobrogea Bacau Basarabia Barlad Barsa (mocanii de Sacele) Beius Botosani Braila Brad in Tara Zarandului or motii de Cris Bran Bucium as Abrud Bucovina( Suceava,Dorna, Campulung, Humor,Radauti) Buzau Buzias Caras (Oravita) CampulungMoldovenesc Chioar Ciuc; including Izvorul Muresului & Tulghes Clisura Dunarii Cluj, Campia Clujului Cluj, Dealurile Clulului Codru Covurlui or Galati Dambovita Deta-Ciacova Dol; Dorna- Vatra Dornei Fagaras or TaraOltului Faget Falticeni & Suceava Gorj Gura Humorului, Bukovina Gurghiu / Hodac Hateg Halmagiu in Tara Zarandului or motii de Cris Horezu Huedin Hunedoara Iasi Ialomita-Baragan Ilfov-Bucuresti Ineu Istro-romani Lapus Lipova Lugo; Macedo-romani or Aromani Maramures Megleno-romani Tulcea or Macin or North Dobrogea MeglenoRomani Mehedinti Meziad-Bihor Muresul Superior, including mocanii de Sieu, Mociu, Muscel (and Rucar) Nasaud Neamt and Valea Bistritei Oas Olt-Oltenia Orastie Ostrov Padureni Petrosani Momarlani of Valea Jiului Superior; Prahova Barlad or Prut Radauti RamnicMuntenia Roman Romanati-Slatina Salaj Sannicolau Severin Sibiu Somes Suceava & Falticeni Tarnave --Tarnava Mica=Blaj --TarnavaMare=Sighisoara --Rupea Teleorman Timis Tulghes (zona Ciuc) Turda or mocani (Lupsa-Ocolis) Tara Motilor (Vidra) Tara Lovistei Timoc (Bulgaria) Timoc (Serbia) Valcea Valea Barcaului Valea Bistrei Valea Hartibaciului Vatra Dornei or Dorna Vlasca or Giurghiu Vrancea (was Putna) Included folk costumes of Romanians from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia (Istro-romanians), Greece, Macedonia, Serbia. Also folk costumes of other ethnic groups who live in Romania: Germans (Saxons, Landlers, Swabians,) Magyars (Hungarians,) Slavs (Bulgarians, Croatians, Hutzuli Ukrainians, Russians Lipoveni, Slovaks, Serbians) Gypsies, Turks, Ttatars.