The Hunyad Castle: Where reality fades away
I was still at the age of dreaming about princesses and castles when I visited one for the first time. Back then, it seemed to be taken...
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Oana Barbu
Jul 20, 20172 min read
OINA: Romania’s National Sport
Hey, you! Yes, you! I bet you are a football fan! Or maybe a handball, basketball, baseball fan! Or maybe you are more of a winter...
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Oana Barbu
Jul 3, 20172 min read
IA - The Romanian Blouse (A synthesis of tradition and modernity)
For a long time, tradition and modernity were perceived as two opposite concepts. Until recently, tradition was seen as an obstacle to...
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Diana Nechifor
Jun 22, 20172 min read
The Sânziene night
Sânziene - the word designates an annual festival held in honor of the fairies. Etymologically, the name comes from the Latin Sancta, Diana,
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Carmen Raris
Jun 15, 20172 min read
The Influence of Slavic Languages on Romanian
A Latin-origin language, Romanian has been heavily influenced by Slavonic, which gives it a peculiar character, compared to the other...
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Enida Cincora
Jun 12, 20175 min read
The Influence of French on Romanian (A Historical Overview)
As early as the 18th century, the Romanian Principalities started being strongly influenced by French due to the reigns of Phanariote...
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Enida Cincora
May 30, 20173 min read
The Assimilation of Anglicisms in Romanian
Introduction Since December 1989, Romanian has experienced a constantly growing intake of English loanwords, and their pervasiveness is...
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Ilinca Stroe
May 18, 20172 min read
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE BUCHAREST, AN ANNIVERSARY OUTLOOK
History often has its way of channelling private enterprises smoothly towards large-scale endeavours. While we at International House...
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Ilinca Stroe
May 11, 20174 min read
Why Learn Romanian?
Looking back, the Roman Empire was quite a slack manager of its linguistic effects. Or else you wouldn’t be reading in the non-Romance...
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Andra Firoi
Apr 13, 20171 min read
Duminica Floriilor – The Palm Sunday
Vin Floriile cu soare Și soarele cu Florii! (Vasile Alecsandri) Palm Sunday is a Christian feast celebrated on the last Sunday before...
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Veronica Negru
Apr 13, 20172 min read
Vlad Țepes or the Demythization of a Myth
The name of Vlad Țepes (Vlad the Impaler) has become in time synonymous to Dracula’s. This superposition has its origins in the...
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Enida Cincora
Apr 13, 20173 min read
On Eternal Beauty with... Ana Aslan
In present-day Romania, research in beauty care and beauty industry isn’t as fast-developing as abroad. The main goal of any cosmetic or...
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Iulia Andreescu
Apr 13, 20173 min read
Romanian Traditions in March
1st of March - Mărțișor For celebrating the spring’s arrival on the 1st of March and the beginning of a new life cycle, Romanians have a...
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Andra Firoi
Apr 13, 20172 min read
Dragobete or the Romanian love day
Dragobete is an old Romanian holiday celebrated every year on the 24th of February. After the fall of the communism, it has become a...
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