COMANESTI, Romania (AP) — Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania would don bear fur and dance to fend off evil spirits. Nowadays, the custom lives on as a popular festival that has ...
Romania is a treasure trove of folk art festivals, which give an insight into the country's rich cultural heritage ...
Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin costume as he prances to the exhilarating sound of drums. Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin ...
On Thursday evening, Sept. 28, the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers are sponsoring a workshop at the Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, with Roberto Bagnoli, of Rome, Italy, teaching folk dances from ...
"Around the World Through Dance" is the title of the program the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra on Saturday afternoon ...
From the Bucharest Jewish Museum, located near the rebuilt Old Town (which in the 1970s was little more than vacant lots and piles of fallen bricks), I slowly biked back to the Gara du Nord to catch a ...