Christmas time is celebreted by all

Christmas people around the world. It is a

celebration of love and purification
because it is related to the birth of
Jesus Christ !
In Romania it is a time of joy, traditions
and customs that bring together members
of the family.
Created by: Margineanu Cosmin
Iovanescu Daniela
 Young and old members spend time together, sing
Christmas carols and share specific food. Groups of
young people sing carols to spread word that baby Jesus
was born.
This carols are considered to be some of the most
valuable works of poetry in Eastern Europe.
It is also the time to receive and offer presents,
cards and flowers. A fir – tree is adorned and presents
are put under it much to the delight of children who
usually get lots of presents and sweets.
Christmas time
Young and old members spend
time together, sing Christmas
carols around the Christmas tree,
share specific food. Ceremonies
dedicated to this celebration
manifest especially within the
strong community of the village.
Groups of young people do the
caroling to spread word that baby
Jesus was born and they do it 2 or
3 weeks before Christmas.
 Christmas Food

Christmas Food is traditional and uses

mainly pork: sausages, ham, smoked
meat. The main dish is “sarmale“ that is
meat balls in sour cabbage leaves,
another dish is roost pork and sausages.
People enjoy a specific type of cake
made with broth, eggs and sugar. Nuts,
Turkish delight or raisins can be added.
It is called “cozonac” and it is delicious.
 Romanian Cabbage Rolls

This recipe is a very traditional Romanian

recipe. Mothers and grandmothers used to cook
it at almost every holyday and sometimes on a
casual day.
Ingredients:
1 large cabbage, 1 3/4 lb. (750g) ground meat
(pork and beef mixture is best), 4 large onions,
2 Tbls. rice, 1 bread slice, 3 Tbls. lard
5-6 tomatoes or 1 Tbls. tomato sauce, salt,
pepper, chopped dill
1 qt. (1 litter) sauerkraut juice, sour cream
Cozonac
 Drinks
The country today is divided into 8 wine regions
and 37 areas of production.
The Romanian Moldova (east of the
Carpathians) is by far the biggest wine region with
over a third of all Romania's vineyards

DROBETA-TURNU SEVERIN - CORCOVA

Known for its excellent red wines descended
from Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
and Feteasca Neagra.

The wine Cabernet Sauvignon is rich in coloring

substances, distinguished by its full body and after a
long period of maturing it becomes mild and noble.
Blended with other varieties it is used for the
production of champagne type, desert and sweet
wines.
 Carols
Carolling is an old tradition. The first
people who did this were the shepherds who
came to the place where Baby Jesus was
born, rejoicing because of this heavenly sign.
Carolling is a worthful spiritual asset that
we inherit from our ancestors. It is a holly
custom because it conveys a heavenly
message, a word from God, our lord.

It also gives credit to life by bringing

peace and love among people.
From old times carols represented moral
virtues, strengthening the feelings of
brotherhood and mutual understanding.
The people that sing carols are sure that
they are the initiators of a better world
having our Lord’s blessing.
 ♫♪♪♫

Caroling
Caroling takes place on Christmas evening and night. People
join in to carry bags full of presents, because they get present
from the people who listen to them. When they enter the yard
they begin to sing and dance for the host and the hostess who
invite them to enter their house after they end the caroling.
Here they get food and sing carols again before eating or after
that depending on regional traditions. The numbers of songs is
related to the food and presents they got, who better the food,
the more the carols
 New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is
another period of
festivities. Dances with
masks, magic and
caroling are parts of a
ritual that symbolizes
rebirth.
The caroling repertoire
is vast: songs like
“Plugusorul“ (little
plough), Buhai
( traditional drum),
Capra (goat dance), Ursu
(bear dance)
 Running parallel to the public communal festivities,
specific rites go on in private houses. Young women get
together to guess about their future husband and old
people make prognosis on the weather according to
their onion calendar. They slice an onion in 12 parts
one fore each month, and salts them and if there is
much water dripping out of the onion, there will be
enough rain for the crops to grow.

Children themselves perform

specific carols like “ Sorcova” when
they touch older family members with
a stick adorned with artificial flowers
and wish them good health and
prosperity in the coming year.
 “ What a great news ”

Carols speak about Baby Jesus and the fact that he was
born to bring joy to the world. This good news should
be told to all people because He is the one who will save
us from evil and sins.
What a great news,
In Bethlehem is spread out,
That today there was born,
The one with no past.
As the holy men said
Today there was born
The one with no past,
As the holy men said.
Mary finished her journey
In a small dwelling
In that city.
She gave birth to Christ,
The son with no beginning
That his Father sent him into
the world,
To be born and to grow and to
save us