1. University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary
Medicine Bucharest Management College
I.M.A.P.A
STUDENT: BÎRA RAMONA MARIANA
GROUP: 8214
TEACHER: MIHAI DANIEL FRUMUȘELU
2. As one starts on the road from Campulung
or from Vatra Dornei towards Maramures on
the other side of the Eastern Carpathians,
the route takes you in both cases through
the village of Ciocanesti. It is a village of
about 600 houses, all together forming a
genuine outdoor museum. The walls of each
of them wears traditional motifs of the kind
that we find on painted eggs in an array of
shapes and colors behind which lies a
relatively recent tradition whose story we
are about to tell in what follows.
3. The name of Ciocanesti comes
from the main activity of the
inhabitants for centuries on
end, which is to beat iron. As a
matter of fact, many localities
carry in their name such clues
to ancient occupations of their
inhabitants. But Ciocanesti
would have been only a
stopover on the route of those
continuing their journey to the
country of Maramures if, in the
50’s of last century, a housewife
hadn’t had an artistic vision
that was to kick- start an
aesthetic transformation of the
village that continues today.
4. It all started with the clever idea of Leontina Taran, a housewife from the village Ciocanest.
Willing to adorn her house, she considered removing some models from her traditional
clothes and applying them on the walls by help of the villager painter by the name of
Dumitru Tomoioaga. That happened in 1950, and soon Leontina’s house was declared a
museum drawing a lot of attention. Other villagers, seeing the success Leontina Taran
enjoyed, were quick in mimicking her and they too began to decorate their homes similarly.
The houses thus resemble traditional Romanian embroidered peasant blouses, embellished
with motifs drawn mostly in red, green, black and yellow. Even the church in the village has
its exterior walls decorated with floral motifs. The village has become a pearl of the region
of Bukovina, well placed in string of beauties which attract thousands of tourists every
season.
5. The houses are also painted in the interior and the walls are decorated with
leather vests, floral skirts and shirts, all of extraordinary beauty painstakingly
made and worn by several generations. The village also hosts a Easter’s painted
eggs museum, another traditional craft characteristic to the area.
I will let the pictures below speak for themselves about this village.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews- g304066-
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