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See what foreigners think about spending Christmas in Romania. Read the second episode and other Christmas stories from Romania on our blog.
”For me, the time spent in Romania during holidays was a very sarmale Christmas. On Christmas Day, I participated in preparing the sarmale and then eating it together with my friend David at Diana’s house (from Romania). So I learned how to make them, and also how to make mamaliga. So I far as my Christmas in Romania goes, I ate a lot of sarmale, a lot of food that Diana prepared. Now I know how to make sarmale, that’s for sure.”
– Anne from A Year in Romania
”When I received the invitation of staying in Romania during Christmas I didn’t hesitate. Christmas in Romania is a time of hospitality and caroling, a time to stay with your family and enjoy beautiful dinners. Where I have been invited I ate all kind of homemade cookies, foods and drunk homemade nectars, tuica, palinka. Christmas in Romania challenges one’s self-control. I received a lot of invitation from the friends I made in Romania. Besides Cluj, I also spent some time in Satu Mare, Ocna Şugatag, Bistrita, Vatra Dornei, Suceava. I met Petre Bârlea from Sighetu Marmatiei.”
” The thing that I remember the most when I spent my Christmas in Romania was the dance and the song – when the men sing “Ța-ța-ța, caprița-ța!”, which means, roughly, “Go-go-go-go-go-goat!”. I was very lucky to get some good footage of the goat dance. I liked the moment, people dressed in a goat with drums and brass instruments wander through towns and villages playing traditional music.
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