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SPIRITUAL CULTURE
Pamfil BILȚIU Santa Claus (Father Christmas) in the Romanian Folk Culture .......................................................................................................9
Costel CIOANCĂ A Functional Illusion: The Young Woman of Romanian Fantastic Fairy Tale.............................................................................19
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Iharka SZÜCS-CSILLIK
Institutul Astronomic, Cluj-Napoca
Zoia MAXIM
Cluj-Napoca
From the cycle of the constellation symbolism we will approach the „Corona-Crown” constellation. The origin of these dress accessories gets lost in the darkness of time, standing testimony of the „Prehistoric Art”. The "Corona- Crown" is the small
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Gheorghe LAZAROVICI
Cluj-Napoca
Cornelia-Magda LAZAROVICI
Institutul de Arheologie, Iaşi
In order to understand the process of neolithisation of Southeastern and Central Europe, must be underlined the important role played by Transylvania through the numerous springs and salt lakes. The whole Carpathian arch of Transylvania is surrounded by impressive salt sources (Map 1). After a cold
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Ioana BĂDOCAN
Cluj-Napoca
At the ancient peoples, the mask is the representation of the spirit of the ancestor, of the totemic animal and is connected with rites of initiation, agrarian and funeral rites. The mask, by its power, imposes on the bearer his own will because it is endowed with his own individuality. Dances with masks take place in agrarian, nuptials, of initiation, or funeral
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Radu TUNARU
Complexul Muzeal Arad
The second upright piano in order who was submitted to complex procedures of restauration is W. Hoffmann with serial number 5916 produced in 1923. This artifact raised some different issues than the first one. It was intensly used, often moved, sometimes ”fixed” with all kinds of glue, and inside of the mechanism the textile elements were old and embrittled and
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Mihaela CHETRARI
Muzeul Național de Istorie a Transilvaniei
Iulia TEODORESCU
Muzeul ASTRA Sibiu
In the summer of 2016 during the rescue excavations made at the Cathedral of St. Mihail in Cluj-Napoca it was discovered a fragment of archaeological textiles, from the 17th century.
The textile was sampled from the head area and is a piece of ribbon made of golden silver yarn and silk threads. The
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TÖTSZEGI Tekla
Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
In 2009, a project funded by AFCN proposed for the first time the development of a methodology for the cultural integration of persons with visual impairments and its application to museum techniques, the outputs of which was a tactile exhibition having a permanent character. In the project "BaGMIVI PROJECT: Bridging the Gap between Museums and
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Silvia SUCIU
Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
A nu arăta o operă de artă înseamnă a nu-i permite să fiinţeze. (Boris Groys)
Museums and their public haven’t always been as we know them today. In 17th century, curiosity cabinets (mirabilia) have been realized by nobles and aristocrats; the only public of these cabinets was the collector and his fellows, belonging to the same social class. The
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Tudor SĂLĂGEAN
Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a representative institution of the Romanian museology, has already built a solid reputation in the field of programs and adaptations addressed to people with disabilities. The most significant achievement in this field was the opening in 2009 of the first permanent tactile exhibition, which become a landmark
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Mirela MIRON
Liceul Teoretic „Mihai Eminescu”, Cluj-Napoca
Judging by the accounts of the village elders, the custom “The Lads” has only undergone few changes in time, due to social circumstances. The young men start getting together from the very beginning of the Nativity Fast, as always, and rehearse the same carols they learned from the elders, except for the one they sing in church, which
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