Pamfil BILŢIU, Maria BILŢIU
Baia Mare, Maramureș
pamfilbiltiu@yahoo.com
Based on direct field investigations, our research is meant to investigate the repertoire rich in traditions, customs, beliefs and superstitions, most of which make up the pre-Christian background of this religious feast day.
We dedicated the first part to the preparatory acts of this feast day, giving priority to important
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Pamfil BILŢIU
Baia Mare, Maramureș
pamfilbiltiu@yahoo.com
Based on our direct field research, we have dedicated this study to a very rich chapter of magic, that of manna (abundance), as it appears in the folk culture of Maramureş.
In the first part we analysed the concept of the manna in the Romanian and the universal folk culture, but also the categories of rites through which the magic of the
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Adriana ȚUȚUIANU
Muzeul Național al Unirii Alba Iulia
adibadi25@yahoo.com
On the Gurghiu Valley are spread settlements, some of which are first mentioned in an official document from newer or ancient times. Those at the lower valley are clustered settlements, and those upper rivers are scattered, generally found in upland regions: Bicașu, Toaca, Dubiștes, Isticelul, Arșicea, Uricea, Tireul,
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Ioan TOȘA
Cluj-Napoca
ioantosa@yahoo.com
There are presented some aspects regarding the settlements and houses captured in the documents kept in the archive of the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, insisting on geographical position, toponymy, number and occupation of inhabitants, building materials, housing, furniture, cooking and heating appliances, and customs.
Keywords: settlements,
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Cristian MICU
Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei Cluj-Napoca
cristianmicu02@yahoo.com
This paper presents the essential elements that define the spatial coordinate characteristic of shepherding which is practised in the sub-Carpathian villages on the Argeș Valley, following the documentary attestations of the villages, the genesis and evolution of the village boundaries, the evolution of land
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Teofil IVANCIUC
Sighetu Marmației
teofilivanciuc@yahoo.com
The hay barrack is a unique structure, consisting of four wooden poles which support a pyramidal roof, which can be raised or lowered, depending on the amount of hay sheltered from the weather.
The Land of Maramureș (the northern half of the current Maramureș County), a quite well-known traditional life stronghold, can be considered ”
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Viorel CIOTI
Cluj-Napoca adriana.collectoil@gmail.com
This paper refers at the role of tools in peasant wood architecture. The “Preliminary considerations” part is a review of the needed tools in processing agricultural products (sickle), primitive tools (axe, hammer and knife) and a tool offered by nature (stone).
The extended part is reserved for presenting tools and their role in building
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CONTENT
MATERIAL CULTURE
Viorel CIOTI The role of the tools in the wooden peasant architecture…………………………………………….....................................................11
Teofil IVANCIUC The hay barrack and other hay structures from the Land of Maramureș ……………………………………….............................23
Cristian MICU Shepherding on ArgeșValley – spatial coordinates
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Our annual publication has appeared for the first time in 1958. The first steps were made in 1956, when the museum specialists wrote a note to the Ministry of Resort in order to publish a Guide and a volume related tot the collections of the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, on the occasion of 35 years since 1922 (the year when the museum was founded), anniversary that took place in 1957. The
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CONTENT
MATERIAL CULTURE
Emanuela Traiana BUIA House of Spermezeu .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Emilia JURJIU Reconstruction of a belt woven in the permanent exhibition of the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
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