Did you know that .

ROMANIA HAS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST CEMETERIES ON EARTH?

ROMANIAN INVENTORS HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD?

ROMANIAN IS THE ONLY ROMANCE LANGUAGE IN EASTERN EUROPE?

ROMANIA HAS 7 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES?

ROMANIA IS EUROPES RICHEST COUNTRY IN GOLD RESOURCES?

ROMANIA BOASTS WITH THE WORLDS LARGEST ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING?

Did you know that

ROMANIAS NATIONAL CURRENCY IS LEU, WHICH MEANS LION (ENGLISH)?

ROMANIA HAS THE BEST- PRESERVED DELTA IN EUROPE?

THE LARGEST POPULATION OF BROWN BEARS IN EUROPE LIVES IN ROMANIA?

THE STATUE OF DECEBALUS IS EUROPES LARGEST ROCK SCULPTURE?

ROMANIA HAS THE ONLY GOLD MUSEUM IN EUROPE?

ROMANIA HAD THE FIRST CITY LIT BY ELECTRIC STREET LAMPS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE?

Galati
Situated in eastern Romania, Galati is a
great economic center.
The first document proving the
existence of Galati dates back from
1445.
With over 250.000 people, it represents
the 8th most populated city in Romania.

Alexandru Ioan Cuza National

College

Alexandru Ioan Cuza National

College
It was founded in the fall of 1864 by Alexandru
Ioan Cuza and Mihail Kogalniceanu, both figures
of great importance in Romanian history.
It is one of the top schools in Galati and it is
situated in the center of the city.
The motto of our school is Non Scholae, Sed
Vitae Discimus which is Latin for We dont
learn for our school, we learn for ourselves.

Famous places in Romania

A land of diversity, ruggedly beautiful, Romania has a lot to offer to its
visitors, from traditional villages, where customs are being kept for
thousands of years, to medieval castles and impressive landscapes.
Cruise through the channels of the Danube Delta in the south or visit
the villages in the northern part of the country, and you'll be amazed.
Cruise along the Danube Delta. The wide
variety of wildlife (e.g., boars, foxes, birds,
wildcats, etc.) can be seen along the delta,
which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Explore the streets and architectural
landmarks in Bucharest. The capital of
Romania is a city to behold because of its
stunning architectural landmarks that stand
on some of the most significant streets in
the area.
Go horseback riding or hiking in the
densely forested Carpathian Mountains. Get
your hiking gear ready as you pack your

Famous people from Romania

# Gheorghe Hagi : 49 years old , one of the
best Romanian soccer players of all time and the
most famous one. He led his national team in
three consecutive World Cups in the 1990s.
# Inna: 27 years old, Romanian singer known for
becoming the first European female singer to
surpass one billion hits on Youtube.

G.Hagi

Inna

#Nadia Comneci : 52 years old Romanian gymnast who

was the first to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics at a
gymnastic event, and won two gold medals at the 1980
Summer Olympics.
#Maia Morgenstern: 52 years old Romanian film and
stage actress, a symbol of Romanian theater and film, best
known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel
Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

N.Comneci

Maia

TRADITIONS

EASTER
The most readily recognizable
examples of Romanian art are the
famed painted eggs, especially
prominent around Easter time.
Painting of real hollowed-out eggs was
an integral part of preparations for this
festival of renewal. Women and
children gathered in someones home
and spent a day painting and
gossiping. Intricate patterns were
actually secret languages known only
to residents of the regions where they
were painted. The oldest known were
painted with aqua fortis (nitric acid) on
a traditional red background. Theyre
available in nearly all shops and street
markets.

CHRISTMAS
During Christmas time, Romanian
bake or buy various special dishes,
including desserts, sweets or fries.
Romanians most usually bake
cozonac, a somewhat of a panetone
made of flour, yolks, yeast and many
other dependable ingredients, flavors,
condiments and additions. There are
several types of cozonac, with
hundreds of recipes. You can either
knead it for hours to be out in 6 hours
or you can let it crease for 12 hours to
avoid kneading it. You can fill the
cozonac with chestnuts, cocoa, raisins
or Turkish delights. Other Christmas
dishes include piftie, sarmale or pork
dishes.

Valentines Day /Dragobete

The Romanian version of Valentines
Day is called Dragobete, celebrated
on February 24th. It is the first day of
spring, and young people gather
snowdrops for their lovers.
Superstitions say the one of the
partners who steps the other on the
foot will have the dominating role in
the couple.

Traditions and customs

The traditional costume for women consists of

an embroidered white blouse and a black skirt (the
skirt color may vary depending on the region)
which covers the knees. The costume is incomplete
without a headscarf that can be of different colors
which is arranged in accordance to age and local
traditions. Romanian men used to wear tight-fitting
white pants, a white embroidered knee-length shirt
worn over the pants, and a wide leather or cotton
belt. Men have several types of hats worn
according to season; black or grey elongated
lambskin hats are commonly put on in winter and
straw hats are usually worn in summer. Both men

Sarmale ("sarmlay")
consists of cabbage
stuffed with pork shoulder,
rice, black pepper, and
chopped onion. It is
usually served with
mamaliga ("mamalga")
which is actually a corn
mush.

Traditions and customs

Hora is a traditional Romanian folk dance
where the dancers hold each other's hands
and the circle spins, usually
counterclockwise, as each participant
follows a sequence of three steps forward
and one step back. The dance is usually
accompanied by musical instruments such
as the cymbalum, accordion, violin, viola,
double bass, saxophone, trumpet or the pan
pipes. The Hora is popular during wedding
celebrations and festivals, and is an
essential part of the social entertainment in
areas.
During this season, the Christmasrural
holiday
season in Romania starts once

with Saint Andrews feast day on November 30. Customs say everyone
should hang plenty of garlic and a crucifix next to all doors and windows
on the mansion, to keep evil spirits and spells away from their home.
Ghosts or vampires may occur during the night between November 30
and December 1 as this night is popularly known as Night of the wolf.
The next day, December 1 is the Great Union Day , the National Day of
Romania. It is celebrated by all Romanians. In Bucharest and Alba Iulia
Romanian Armed Forces have parades, showing their Land and Air
vehicles and performing the Romanian national anthem "Deteapt-te,

Some of Romanias most beautiful

countryside is found in Bucovina,
whose rolling green hills nestle
villages and monasteries in their
valleys. Horses, decked with redtasseled bridles, travel country lanes,
as villagers crows churchyards in
traditional folk dress on Sundays and
holidays. Bucovina remains the heart
The Danube
Delta is a wildlife
of craft mastery
in Moldova.
enthusiasts (especially a bird
watchers) paradise. Travellers
can spend three or more days
exploring its passages, teaming
with the highest concentration
of bird colonies in all of Europe.
The maze of canals bordered
by thatch, willows and oaks
Maramures is an area of the country known for its
entangled in lianas, offers the
timeless tranquility. In late afternoon, old women
perfect breeding ground for
sit outside their gates coaxing coarse wool onto
countless species of birds,
spindles. Many still favor traditional dress,
some of them from as far away
meaning white frounced blouses, striped woven
as China and Africa. Millions of
panels covering full black skirts, headscarves and
Egyptian white pelicans arrive
opinci, a sort of leather ballet slipper from which
here every spring to raise their
heavy yarn criss-crosses over thick socks.
young, while equal numbers of
On Sunday, such dress is practically de rigueur,
Arctic geese come here to
even for little girls.

Hollidays

You may think that just because you know

the legends of Dracula
everything else doesnt really matter. Well its not really like that
One of the most popular legends is the first of March legend,
when we offer each other a cord made of red and white cords,
usually
with spring symbols like ladybugs, and
flowers that
represent the transition from a cold and bad winter to a new and
full of life spring.
The Romanian legend says that one time Dochia, an old lady(evil), had
a step-daughter tortured with hard work. Dochia send her daughter in
the middle of winter to wash a black cloth until she made it white, but
the more she washed it the darker it became, until a man(Spring in
person) saw her, and offered a red and white flower which magically
made the cloth white. When she got back, Dochia thought that spring
came and went with her sheep on the Ceahlau mountain. The weather
was so hot, she removed her sheepskin coats one by one. When she
remained without nothing, the weather got colder and colder to the
point when Dochia and her sheep became stones that can still be
seen by this day.
People make the cords representing the fight between good and bad,
between winter and spring.

Even if you didnt believe me when I said that

Dracula isnt a vampire, you might will, because
excepting the fact that the Prince of Wallachia,
Vlad Tepes was the son of Vlad the Devil (Dracul
in
Romanian because he was a member of the
Order of
the Dragon, an order which protected
Christians from
the Ottoman Invasion) they are neither bad
men nor
supernatural creatures; actually Vlad
Tepes was one of
the straightest leaders of his
times.
It was said that at the rivers, travelers drank
water with golden cups that werent stolen
because robbers were severely punished by
impaling.
Because he impaled every evil-doer, Vlad was said to be a blood
thirsted Prince.
From here the Irish writer Bram Stoker was inspired to write the
book Dracula, taking him as a vampire and thus making Romania
the house of vampires.

Sport
Nadia Elena Comneci (born
November 12, 1961) is a Romanian
gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold
medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in
Montreal and the first female gymnast to
be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an
Olympic gymnastic event. She is one of
the best-known gymnasts in the world.

The 1986 European Cup Final was

a football match held in Seville, on 7
May 1986, that saw Steaua
Bucureti of Romania defeat
Barcelona of Spain in an
extraordinary penalty shoot out,
after 120 minutes of play could not
separate the two sides.

DANCE

Dancing with means life, health and a good mood.

Romania is a unique European country as its folklore still exists in its
natural environment, but this is now vanishing with the spread of
western culture and modern technology.
Any dance is a combination of elements: formation, regional
style, motifs, musical rhythm, choreography and the social occasion.
Organized performances by village folk dance groups within
Romania can be traced back to the mid nineteenth century or even
earlier.