Ciocănești is a village located in Suceava County, Romania that is known for its tradition of decorating the exterior of houses and buildings with traditional patterns. The village hosts an annual National Festival of Painted Eggs before Easter to celebrate this tradition. Ciocănești offers various tourism opportunities centered around local culture, traditions, and the natural surroundings.

1. Ciocănești – The
Village Museum
in Bucovina
Sonia-Petrina Ghioarcă
Faculty of Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and
Rural Development, UASVM
Group: 8317

2. MAIN IDEAS
Introduction
Location and brief history
Tradition of decorating
National Festival of Painted Eggs
Tourism in Ciocănești
Conclusions
Bibliography

3. INTRODUCTION
“Eternity was born in the village…” a beloved Romanian writer
says in one of his poems. (Lucian Blaga)
And I think he is right. Why? Once you arrive in a Romanian
village – located either at low altitude, seaside or in the mountains,
you will surely feel that time has stopped. Romania has various
villages – richer or poorer, beautiful or boring, well-groomed or left
in ruins. But charming…absolutely delightful!

4. LOCATION AND BRIEF HISTORY
Ciocănești is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of two
villages, Botoș and Ciocănești.
Ciocănești village is 20 km away from the tourist resort Vatra Dornei and has an area
of 6372 ha and a number of 1020 inhabitants . The village is documented since 1400.
Ciocănești was the first inhabited settlement occurred in the path of the founders of
Moldavia.
The people of the village are bound to respect peasant architecture and today there are
over 600 houses in Ciocănești that have turned into patrimony houses.
In 2014, Ciocănești village was named the winner of the first edition of the cultural
and tourist program "Cultural Village of Romania".

5. Locals maintain the tradition of decorating the outside of houses with traditional
designs, as they learned from parents and grandparents. Even the Post Office, the Town Hall or
the shop buildings keep this habit.
The patterns from the painted eggs are kept from generation to generation, they are very
old patterns and each has a meaning. So, rhombus is a symbol of wisdom, the square is the
symbol of intelligence, circles symbolize infinity and eternity, the net or the sieve is separating
right from wrong, the human wisdom used to choose between right and wrong.
TRADITION OF DECORATING

6. NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PAINTED EGGS
Before Easter begins, there is a special event celebrating Easter holidays. The
National Festival of Painted Eggs from Ciocănești is a tradition of the village of
Ciocănești.

7. TOURISM IN CIOCĂNEȘTI
The village Ciocănești offers:
 Agrotourism
 Cultural and religious tourism
 Adventure tourism and mountain tourism
 Equestrian tourism
 Ecotourism
 Active holidays

8. CONCLUSIONS
Ciocănești is a place where everything is painted : house, fence,
fountain or even footbridge. This proves once more that the our
popular traditions and customs are more vivid like never before in
this place removed from the Moldavia.

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 http://aventurierii.ro/2015/02/21/ciocanesti-satul-caselor-incondeiate/
 http://cnipmmr.ro/2016/09/22/invest-in-romania/invest-in-romania/
 http://www.ciocanestibucovina.eu/descriere_comuna.html
 http://www.digi24.ro/regional/digi24-iasi/ciocanesti-satul-muzeu-din-
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