Learning about history and tradition is important and what better place to do that, than at historical buildings that have a colorful story to tell. From this point of view, the Făgăraș Citadel is definitely the right place.
You can see how those defense walls, prison bastions and throne room with your own eyes but not only. At the time of my visit, there was a temporary exhibition and the permanent ones too, which took you back to long gone times.
Fireplace of the Village, Rebirth of Heritage, this was the title and the theme of the temporary exhibition, hosted in one of the wonderful rooms of the citadel, on the ground floor.
The first glance in the room already makes you feel like you're stepping into a different era. The floor has been brought up to modern standards (to some extent), but the thick walls and the stones in the walls are true testimony of the past.
To make it more interesting, instead of just hanging the folk costumes out, the organizers tried to display them in a way to reflect those times and they succeeded in my opinion.
Men's shirt made in 2023, embroidery made on a handmade canvas. Handmade canvas was one of the special feature of the exhibition.
Look at this beauty. Those of you who are following my blog know I post a lot about art, paintings, sculptures, textile and fiber art. This is a shirt for ladies, but you can look at it as a real artwork. The canvas has been hand woven and then embroidered. It doesn't say if the embroidery is also handmade, but either way, it's a nice piece.
There was a piano in the room as well, with a very fancy chair with a tag on it. Was it @mipiano's name on it? 😁 Nope, unfortunately not, but I suppose she would have been allowed to play a short piece anyway 😉
Unlike today, back in those days religion played a huge role in people's lives, so those religious paintings are perfect for the exhibition.
Those wonderful hand painted, wooden chest could never be missing from such an exhibition. Those pieces of furniture were part of everyone's life back then, rich or poor, just in a different way. The rich had their chest wonderfully carved and painted, while the poor had the simple one that they could make for themselves.
Although the Orthodox religion is not mine, I look at these creations as artworks.
This was a brilliant idea of the organizers and nicely executed as well. It's a bit controversial, if you take everything literally, but you don't have to, better look at the value. Let me explain as most of you won't understand what I'm talking about here.
What you see here is a woman weaving and two other women holding the already finished fabrics. What is out of place is the painted glass window. It is very nice and I love it, but that's an item only the well off or the wealthy could afford, but they didn't do weaving because they had money to hire the poor to do it. Regardless, the setup is brilliant.
Pay attention to the chair, that dates back to 1861, which makes it 163 years old.
A very simple shirt, with minimalist embroidery, most likely for everyday wear.
These were just drawings, the sketch of he stained glass door we saw earlier.
Today we have an easy job as we can buy or order pretty much any clothing we want, but back then, everything was handmade and you wore what you created. If you were good at it, you could have the nicest clothes. Otherwise, you know ...
All the wood used at the exhibition was old, which gave the whole exhibition a more authentic look. It was an excellent idea.
These are all traditional Romanian folk costumes by the way.
This painting was a bit confusing as the Orthodox religion doesn't have saints or kings with multiple heads so three noses, three mouths are a bit too much, but maybe I'm missing something.
All in all, I see these exhibitions as an effort to keep the tradition going and the nicest thing here was that all the canvas used was handmade. These days you never know where the items are coming from and barely anything is handmade, so I really appreciated the effort.
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I envy you for that exhibition 😆 it wasn't there when we explored the fortress. But some of the rooms included a bit of traditional clothing too.
I feel you 😄 We were lucky as we caught the last week of the exhibition. Most likely there are other exhibitions now. It was nice though.
For sure it was my name there, reserved for mipiano - but I guess with a condition - to wear one of those beautiful handmade traditional costumes 😇
Lol, I can put in a good word for you if you want 😉 😆
Probably representing the Trinity - father, son and the holy spirit. I have never seen it represented that way. I love the icon art. Always fun to see the sketch of a finished piece. A peak into the process of the artist. The embroidery is also very well done and I agree that the presentation is really well done. In addition to your points on the exhibit, I like that there are no figures or heads and faces with the clothing - keeps the focus on the clothing itself.
You might be right, I've never thought of that, but have never seen such thing either. Good point about the mannequins or the lack of them. I think proper mannequins would have changed things considerably and not in a good way.
The embroidery on that clothing is all so amazing! I really like how they "posed" everything to make it seem like you're watching people going about their daily lives.
The setup was a huge plus. Whoever came up with the idea deserves my congratulations for sure.
The dress looks so elegant and with great quality.
Talking about weaving, I haven't tried or even witness in person on how to do it. Salute to those who are doing it.
It's not an easy task for sure. We had some needlework classes in elementary school and tried it out on a small scale, to give us an idea, but it's not that easy, if you want something nice.
The dresses and blouses all look pretty. I like how they put thought into the layout, every piece of the setups all symbolize something.
The hand woven canvas and the embroidery on them reminds me of the native attire of the Hausa/Fulani tribe in my country. During cultural days back in school, the hausa garment used resemble these ones - except the designs on the embroidery is different.
Amazing piece Erikah!, do keep them coming.
Exactly!
The first thing that came into my mind was the Fulani tribe.
The clothes look exactly like theirs(everything,except the embroidery styles )
Yeahh, except the embroidery😅
Hi Abenad🤗
If two say that, it must be true :)
It's interesting to read that there are tribes at the other end of the world, wearing somewhat similar clothes.
There will be more, so stay tuned :)
A lovely historic exhibition you presented for us today! @erikah
The Romanian clothing in the gallery reminds me of the embroidered Russian folk costumes my family was gifted by paternal relatives who lived in Belarus when I was growing up. I enjoyed seeing the stained glass of Virgin Mary Theotokos and drawings that are commonly seen in Eastern Orthodox Churches as icons. ☦
I'm also uncertain and confused about this meaning of this one:
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Most likely you can see similar folk costumes in some European countries, like Bulgaria for example, and Ukraine too. Looks like the that 3 faced painting is a mystery to everyone.
Thanks for stopping by Nina and have a nice day :)
Gorgeous! The exhibition seems very well planned and put together, fascination to get a glimpse into a completely different culture like this.
Some of those clothes are really nice, would even consider wearing them today! Thanks for sharing!
It's nice to read you would wear them, but these shirts and blouses are so expensive :) You can buy them but you need to dig deep in your pocket.
Looking at this photo of the dress, for a second I thought it was a fully dressed human standing until I could view it closely. The dress looks beautiful, it looks like one of those guards in the castle.
Maybe if the mannequins would have had, would have looked like guards, but a face would have also ruined the experience in my opinion. However, I'm glad you like the clothes.
All your photos has a meaning in history, the clothes are very simple but it's majestic arts hand made,and the painting is realistic artwork, I like the style of those clothes, the place is very simple but full of history in our tradition like some of people use it and make it, our history is a full of memory. Their some of arts has a meaning. Nowadays they are some of artist made like that things but it's too different from the past. Our traditional is good things to our country, we grateful to the people's past. I am very grateful @erikah to show of some handmade in our history, thanks for sharing I hope you're a great day. I love it.
Well, maybe the style of the clothes seem simple, but the embroidery is quite complex. And yes, history and tradition is important, that's why we need to keep it alive.
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Nice photos. The dresses and blouses all look unique in their own way and definitely portray something.
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This post is very nice, I really liked the clothes displayed
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omg that looks so cool. Those clothes are fancy😭😭. Do they do this for other culture too?
Usually you can see this kind of exhibitions related to the ethnics who live in the country.
I love how they decorated the clothes, that gives a perfect illustration.
Each region has their traditional clothes, so these tend to change quite a bit if you move to another region.
Yes, each region has its traditional clothes.
And they are always there and has lots of histories attached to it.
How beautiful everything, I love the castles and their stories, it really looks like a different era. I can see it was a great experience.
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Going through the pictures and your explanation of each fabric placed in the exhibition, it feels like I was going back in time. Those days when weaving of cloths were highly cherished traditions.
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The clothing there is interrupting my eyes it totally amaze so much and also the view and the rooms
What a beautiful presentation of traditional costumes, I love how they simulate moving mannequins as if they were people who were there. 👏🏻✨ It's curious because in my country the traditional garments are very different, while for women there is the extremely colorful Cuban robe full of ornament, in the case of men it is the guayabera and the yarey hat.
Thank you for sharing such a nostalgic experience @erikah ❤️
This looks incredible! There's something so special about handmade items, isn't there? They carry the stories and skills of generations. Do you have any favorite pieces from the exhibition?
Haha the 3rd one is like kurtapajama
Far from it.