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Monday, 23 June 2014

Romanian customs: Epiphany - Boboteaza


The article comes in Romanian and English

OBICEIURI DE BOBOTEAZA DIN ZONA LAPUS, JUD . MARAMURES 
BOBOTEAZA SAU BOTEZUL DOMNULUI 
"In ziua de Ajunul Bobotezei (5 ianuarie) fetele care se apropie de perioada formarii unei familii, incearca sa-si prevada viitorul si apeleaza la unele practici (obiceiuri).
Pentru a sti daca viitorul sot va fi bogat sau nu, fetele fac un buchet din busuioc si crengute de brad, il pun sa stea toata noaptea pe malul unei ape curgatoare in panta. Daca dimineata buchetul va fi plin cu turturi de gheata, viitorul sot va fi bogat, daca va ramane tot asa cum l-au pus, viitorul sot va fi mai sarac."

Material cules de elevele Buda Ioana Mihaela si Sabou Madalina, cls. a III-a B,
prof. inv.primar Maria Costea de la Pop Dochia, 78 ani, Lapus nr.552– August 2011 
"In ziua de Ajunul Bobotezei, fetele care vor sa se marite nu mananca toata ziua, iar pentru seara isi pregatesc un aluat din 2 parti faina alba, o parte sare, putina apa, fac o turtita cu mana, o coc pe plita sobei si o mananca stand pe suportul de taiat lemne. In timp ce mananca vor fi atente la orice zgomot. Daca aud latrat de caine, vor avea o viata ca de caine, daca vor auzi voci de oameni, viata lor in viitor va fi frumoasa.
Dupa ce au mancat jumatate din turta, se vor duce la culcare fara sa bea apa. Cealalta jumatate o pun sub perna. Dupa ce adorm, turta mancata fiind foarte sarata fetelor le e sete si viseaza ca cineva le aduce apa. Dormind cu grija, dimineata vor sti cine le-a adus apa si persoana respectiva sau vreo rudenie a ei se spune ca o sa-i fie viitorul partener."

Material cules de elevele Cosa Denisa si Racolta Raisa, cls. a III-a B,
prof inv primar Maria Costea de la Pasca Maria, 80 ani, Lapus nr.756- august 2011

Epiphany Traditions from the region of Lapus, Maramures 

"On the eve of the Epiphany, (the 5th of January), the girls ready to be married try to foresee their future and therefore try ritual practices to know their future husband.
For example, in order to see if the husband-to-be will be rich or not, girls make a bouquet of basilica with branches of fir tree. They place the bouquet in a sloping position on a small river bank and let it for the night. If the bouquet has icicles in the morning, the future husband will be rich, but if it remains as it was placed, the future husband will be poor.
The girls wanting to be married must not eat for all the day long. They prepare for the night a dough made of two parts of white flour, a part of salt and some water, and they bake on the stove a flat cake they eat staying on the wood clefting. The girls listen carefully to any kind of noise while they eat. If they hear a dog’s barking, they’ll have a dog’s life (a harsh one). If they hear human voices, their future life will be good. After eating half of the flat cake, the girls must go to bed without drinking any water. They place the other half under the pillow. The flat cake being very salted, the girls will be thirsty and they dream that someone brings them a cup of water. They must watch out of that person,
because it is said that him or one of his/her relatives will be the future husband."

prof. inv. primar Maria Costea, clasa a III-a B,
Scoala cu clasele I-VIII “Vasile Alecsandri” Baia Mare
Students: Coconet Denis, Mociran Mihai, Dragos Razvan si Susa Ionut din clasa a III-a B, inv. Maria Costea
Translated into English by prof. Ioana Osian

Excerpt from “Customs and Traditions from Maramures, Romania”, Editie bilingva romano-engleza, carte electronica, Coordonator prof. Daniela Buda, Coperta prof. Octavian Pop, Editura Casei Corpului Didactic “Maria Montessori”, Baia Mare, 2012, ISBN 978-606-8262-41-5

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