from Romania with love

@Horea

Oh, Simo...

@ Bogdan Apetrii

Our respective national poets, celebrated 10 days apart, lived 100 years apart: Eminescu

Unde-i teiul cu-a sa umbră
Cu-a lui flori pîn` la pămînt?
Ce mai vis e viaţa asta?
Fericirea – ce cuvînt!

(cca. 1876)

Bonus

Pufuleti - my comfort food

O(l)dd Romanian advertising

Dacia

© Hajdu Tamas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_Dacia

Japan in Romania

Lasertag



Autobiography

Meet Lola

Lola, stray dog picked up from the streets of Bucharest by an NGO, adopted in Kent by this wonderful lady. [Yesterday, at our second car-boot sale.]

Hu vs Ro

Túró Rudi

Dots

from back home

Ms Constanta Lungu

We liked her stripy pantoufles.
Micutistii pointed out this series of "good room" photography by Bogdan Girbovan.

Romanian advertising: the return

Remember the Romanian Cultural Institute exhibition "From the sublime to the ridiculous: 70 years of advertising in Romania? Time for a sequel:

"From the shy to the provocative: advertising during transition"

This second exhibition takes us to the post-socialist years of Romanian advertising. As of today until October 20 at ICR Bucharest.

Guta

Biography of Nicolae Guta, the most well-known singer of manele music. Here's another more in-depth article from the same site.

Here's his official site.



Wikilist of Romani people's by country.

Photographing traditon

Davin Ellicson is an American photographer based in Bucharest. He is documenting the changes in traditional life in the Maramures.

Black Sea tour

Romanian journalists Stefan Candea (writer) and  Petrut Calinescu (photographer) are taking a three month journey for their Around the Black Sea project .

Roma festival links etc

video documentary


http://www.mundiromani.com/

and more videos here:
http://www.romadecade.org/mundi_romani_episodes_now_on_the_decade_website


Romanian agency for roma integration:
http://www.anr.gov.ro/index.html

http://www.gypsyadvice.com/gypsynews/labels/Roma%20King.html

Daily Mail article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-481070/Thousands-Roma-Gypsies-head-UK-better-life.html

http://romove.radio.cz/en/article/21925

Na-mur / Roumanie : entre-deux-mondes ?

more here