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Legende sau basmele românilor. Romanian stamp from 1987 depicting the Greuceanu fairy tale. Romanian stamp from 1965 with Făt-Frumos and Ileana Cosânzeana. Legende sau basmele românilor ("Legends or Romanian Fairy-tales") is a collection, in several volumes, of Romanian folktales, first published in 1872 by Petre Ispirescu .
Siminică was born on 13 September 1926 in Teiș near Târgoviște, a small city not far from Bucharest, Romania. He was the son of a Roma violinist named Nicolae Siminică, from whom he also learned to play the violin. [1] His father also worked in construction, a trade which Dona Dumitru trained in as well. It was to work in construction that ...
The Alliance for the Union of Romanians ( Romanian: Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor, AUR, meaning "gold" in Romanian) [22] is a right-wing populist [7] [8] and nationalist [23] [4] [24] political party currently active in Romania and Moldova. It was founded on 19 September 2019 ahead of the 2020 Romanian local and legislative elections.
The film is composed of six whimsical, yet blackly comic short stories, each one set in the late Communist period in Romania and based on urban myths from the time, reflecting the perspective of ordinary people. The title of the film refers to the alleged "Golden Age" (by Bolshevik propaganda) of the last 15 years of Nicolae Ceaușescu 's regime.
Harap Alb on a Romanian stamp. "Harap Alb" or "Harap-Alb" ( Romanian pronunciation: [haˈrap ˈalb]) is the protagonist as well as the title of a Romanian-language fairy tale by Ion Creangă, known in full as Povestea lui Harap Alb ("The Story of Harap Alb"). He is the youngest of three princes. "Harap Alb" received much posthumous attention ...
May 27, 2024 at 3:39 AM. By Hyonhee Shin. SEOUL (Reuters) -Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised what he called a restart in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met their leaders for the first ...
A balaur ( pl. balauri) in Romanian folklore is a type of many-headed dragon or monstrous serpent, sometimes said to be equipped with wings. The number of heads is usually around three, but they can also have seven heads or even twelve heads according to some legends. The balaur in folktale is typically evil, demanding or abducting young ...
Swabian Jura. The Swabian Jura ( German: Schwäbische Alb [ˈʃvɛːbɪʃə ˈʔalp] ⓘ, more rarely Schwäbischer Jura [ˈʃvɛːbɪʃɐ ˈjuːʁa] ⓘ ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending 220 km (140 mi) from southwest to northeast and 40 to 70 km (25 to 43 mi) in width.