What is a Mocan?
| On this map of Tara Barsei, the seven
villages marked in red make the town of SACELE, where "Mocanii
de Sacele" live. A MOCAN is a transhumant shepherd (In the
summer the shepherds takes their sheep up in the mountains, and
they winter in the plains, usually Dobrogea or along the Danube
Valley.) The shepherds of Sacele regard themselves as the only
MOCANI . They say the name of Mocan comes from their very common
last name "Moca" or "Moga." However, there
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Orasul SACELE este format din cele "Sapte
Sate" de "Mocani de Sacele": Baciu, Turches,
Satulung (prima mentiune documentara in 1366,) Cernat, Tarlungheni,
Zizin, Purcareni. Sacelenii considera ca numele de mocan vine
de la "Moca" or "Moga" un nume de familie
des intalnit in Sacele.
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What is a MOCAN?
The "Dictionarul enciclopedic ilustrat" Bucuresti,
1931 gives the following definiton:
Romanian Language
"Mocanii sunt ciobani adreleani de la poalele Carpatilor"
Astazi, prin extensie un mocan este considerat orice locuitor
din regiunile muntoase, mai ales din Ardeal.
English Language
"Mocan is a Transylvanian shepherd from the Carpathian
Mountains." Today, sometimes a MOCAN is considered any
person who lives in the Transylvanian (Carpathian) Mountains.
There are several groups of MOCANI
in The Carpathian Mountains
Marginimea Sibiului (Sibiu)
Tara Bârsei or Sãcele near Brasov
Mocani Valea Ariesului (Mocanii de Turda). See
map
Mocani Valea Ampoilui. (Mocanii de Turda) See
map
Mures / Câmpia Clujului with 3 sub-groups. See
map
a) Sieu, Sieut, Monor
b) Filea, Vatava, Morareni on Upper Mures
Valley
around Deda (of The
Mountain Pass Deda-Toplita)
c) Mociu
Easterns slopes of The Carpathian Mountains, Vrancea Mountains
(in Moldova) The people in this area call themselves MOCANI.
Southern slopes of "Carpatii Meridionali" (Retezat
& Parang Mountains) around Târgu- Jiu (Dragoeni, Novaci)
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