This document describes a Comenius project between 2012-2014 involving 6 schools from Cyprus, Estonia, Italy, Greece, Poland, and Romania. The project aimed to promote cultural and intercultural awareness through activities exploring cultural heritage. Students from the Romanian school created traditional Romanian costumes as a final project outcome. Photos show the students wearing the costumes and participating in cultural celebrations.

1. COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS 2012-2014
This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information
contained therein.

2. COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS 2012-2014
In the European project “Having culture as a kite, we travel European skies”, six schools from Cyprus, Estonia, Italy, Greece, Poland and Romania collaborate in carrying out activities that deal
with various aspects of cultural heritage. Main aim of the programme is to promote cultural and
intercultural awareness and respect between European schools. These postcards of Romanian
traditional costumes are considered to be some of the final products of the partnership.
In proiectul european “Având cultura drept zmeu, călătorim pe cerul Europei”, şase şcoli din
Cipru, Estonia, Italia, Grecia, Polonia si România colaborează pentru îndeplinirea unor
activităţi care au de-a face cu diferite aspecte ale moştenirii culturale. Principalul scop al acestui
program este de a promova cunoaşterea culturală si interculturală si respectul între şcolile
europene. Aceste postcard-uri cuprinzand costume traditionale romanesti sunt considerate a fi
unele dintre produsele finale ale proiectului.
PARTNERS
Dimotiko Scholeio Mathiati, - Cyprus
Kose-Uuemõisa Lasteaed-Kool, - Estonia
Istituto Comprensivo "Rocco Montano", - Italy
Dimotiko Scholeio Ormylias, - Greece
Szkola Podstawowa w Sobolach, - Poland
Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 62, - Romania

3. GIRLS FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONAL COSTUME FROM OLTENIA
THE FEMALE POPULAR COSTUME FROM OLTENIA
These girls from VII A and VII C are wearing a costume formed from:
a blouse, a skirt and a veil. The blouse = ia, the skirt= fota and the veil=marama
are each an example of technological performance and artistry. As for the
blouses, the structuring of the decoration on the sleeves always respects
the position of the embroidery = altiţei. The female costume includes also a
piece from the waist down made of a rectangular fabric which looks like a skirt.
This skirt is splinted laterally and needs to be buttoned up in order to fit the
woman like a normal skirt.

4. A GIRL FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONAL POPULAR COSTUME FROM
OLTENIA

5. CHILDREN FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62, WEARING
THE TRADITIONAL COSTUME FROM OLTENIA
MALE ROMANIAN POPULAR COSTUME
FROM OLTENIA
The two boys from VII A and VII C are wearing the traditional
costume from Oltenia.
The male costume from Oltenia is much simpler than the woman
costume. It consists of a short shirt and long, tight trousers. Both the
shirt and the trousers are made of homespun cloth. Over the shirt, men
wear a belt, also woven in the house.

6. GROUP OF CHILDREN DANCING “HORA”
AT THE TRADITIONAL HARVEST FEAST
OCTOBER 2012
The harvest has always been a good occasion for celebration for
all the Romanians.
Our children recreated a bit of the atmosphere of old peasant
celebrations of autumn and harvest. They sang and danced, they recited
old incantations, proverbs and riddles.

7. GROUP OF CHILDREN DANCING “OLTENIA
BUCHAREST PROJECT MEETING
FEBRUARY 2013

8. GROUP OF CHILDREN WEARING ROMANIAN
POPULAR COSTUMES
AT THE COMENIUS SCHOOL CORNER
COMENIUS PROJECT MEETING
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
FEBRUARY 2013

9. GROUP OF GIRLS CELEBRATING THE NIGHT OF SAINT ANDREW
The Night of Saint Andrew has very old roots. Our ancestors, the Dacians,
celebrated the New Year on the night of 29th of November.
It was a time of magic.
The girls in the picture show us one of the rituals of that night: young girls make
the round bread of Saint Andrew from flour, water and a lot of salt.
They eat them being convinced that their future husband will come into their
dreams to quench their thirst.

10. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONAL
POPULAR COSTUME FROM OLTENIA,
CELEBRATING THE NIGHT OF SAINT ANDREW

11. GROUP OF GIRLS FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONAL
POPULAR COSTUME FROM OLTENIA,
CELEBRATING THE NIGHT OF SAINT ANDREW

12. OLD RITULAS FROM THE NIGHT OF SAINT ANDREW
One of the rituals of this night is for the young girls to look into the
water to see the face of their future husband. The girl in the picture is
wearing a traditional costume from Oltenia and the teacher is wearing
an old costume from Teleorman.

13. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62
SINGING
“THIS IS THE ROMANIAN”

14. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62
DANCING “CIULEANDRA”

15. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL
POPULAR COSTUME
CELEBRATING NEW YEAR’S EVE

16. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL
POPULAR COSTUME
CELEBRATING NEW YEAR’S EVE

17. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL
POPULAR COSTUME
CELEBRATING NEW YEAR’S EVE

18. A GIRL FROM IV B, SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62, WEARING A
TRADITIONAL COSTUME FROM MOLDAVIA
The traditional female costume of Moldova is very decorative. One of the functional- decorative pieces is the white linen shirt. The earliest form of this shirt was the shirt “tunictype" , having just an angle cut, square or round the neck. The Skirt- called fota and the
apron – are the pieces from the waist down. They are made of pure wool or wool and cotton
yarn. Most common skirt for all ages is a single rectangular piece of fabric (1.6 x 0.8 cm)
which covers the woman's body from the waist down. This skirt is attached to the waist
with a long strap up to 3-4 m long.
The winter clothing for women includes: vests, waistcoats, fur coats. In cold weather,
women wore a sleeveless, "waistcoat”, made of woolen fabric, sewn and lined with wool
teasel. Another option was the “fur coat" or the "breastplate" sewn of lambskin, embellished
at the top with geometric motifs applied or embroidered with woolen yarn.
The aesthetic and social values for women are the "head coverings" – the shawls
that identify their social status. Poor women in previous centuries wore sandals and
wool socks. On holidays they wore shoes, sandals or boots specially sewn by artisans.
Woman's costume on special occasions in the past was completed with the “bag", with the
same colours.

19. A GIRL FROM IV B, SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING A
TRADITIONAL COSTUME FROM MOLDAVIA

20. A GIRL FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONAL POPULAR
COSTUME FROM MOLDAVIA

21. A GIRL FROM IV B, SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING A
TRADITIONAL COSTUME FROM MUNTENIA

22. TWO GIRLS FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONAL POPULAR
COSTUME FROM MUNTENIA

23. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM II B,
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62
AT THE VIDEOCONFERENCE WITH CYPRUS
NOVEMBER 2012

24. A GIRL FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONAL POPULAR
COSTUME FROM SIBIU

25. GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62
MAKING TRADTIONAL OBJECTS
The teacher in the picture is wearing a traditional popular costume from
Maramureş. The headscarf catch is similar to that of Oaş: a) on one side for
girls; b) at the back for younger wives; c) in front, under the chin (old women).
The shirt for women is homespun manually, made of linen and hemp for
weekdays and only cotton for holidays in rich palette combinations,
demonstrating imagination and innate talent of women, passed from generation
to generation. The skirt, called “sucna” is homespun, made of white cloth, on
which two aprons called “Zadie “are placed which are made from the same material as the shirt, wider and slightly ruffled at the waist. Leather sandals,
called opinci with woven wraps are special for all the Romanian peasants.

26. A GIRL FROM SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.62,
WEARING THE TRADITIONALPOPULAR COSTUME FROM OAŞ
Women from Oaş are more conservative in terms of clothing than men. For
their head we find the flowered headscarf called ‘‘chischineu” which comes in
bright colors, red or green or black. The "Shirt" is made of cloth with long sleeves,
wide at the elbows and tight at the wrists. It is decorated with colorful floral or
geometric patterns around the neck, where we find the vest ="cheptarul".
Decorative stitching is found on the sleeve. The skirt called "Pindileul” is made
of the same material as the shirt, adorned also with decorative stitching at the
waist where we find a 10-14 cm wide belt called "pogmată”. The female costume
is finalized with high-heeled leather boots used in celebrations, and ordinary sandals called “opinci” for the rest of the days.

27. COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS 2012-2014
This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information
contained therein.