This presentation about Dacians was made by Access Grigoriopol students.

1. CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF DACIANS

2. The Dacians were an Indo-European people,
part of or related to the Thracians. Dacians were
the ancient inhabitants of Dacia, located in the
area in and around the Carpathian Mountains
and west of the Black Sea.

3. The territory of Dacia, the Getae's
country, was roughly that of today's
Romania, Moldova, Hungary and parts
of Bulgary and Ukraine. During the
reign of king Burebista (1st century BC),
the western border advanced to the
Constanta lake, situated in today's
Switzerland.

4. The father of history, Herodot,
mentions the Dacians in his works
as "the bravest and fairest of all
the Thracians". He also says that
"the Thracian people is the most
numerous one in the world; the
Thracians have several names,
according to their specific regions,
but their habits are more or less
the same".

5. RELIGION
The Dacians were a warrior
people, and their polytheist religion
saw death as a liberation. Their
belief in the supreme god
Gebeleizis made them fearless on
the battlefield, and this virtue was
passed on even after the old
religion was replaced by the cult of
Zalmoxe.

6. The Dacians wore a tunic, a
cloak called zeira, a cap called
Alopekis made from the scalp of a
fox with the ears visible, other
Phrygian cap styles, and fawnskin
boots called embades. Thracian
clothing was sometimes decorated
with intricate patterns. While
patterned clothing was not unique
to Thracians, the zeira, embades
and the alopekis probably
originated from them. Clothing
was made from hemp, flax or
wool. The Dacians and the Getae
wore pantaloons called Bracae.

8. DACIAN HOMES

9. Made by
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