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Scroll down for pictures and Map of Romania showing ethnographic zones

Also included other ethnic groups who live in Romania: Germans, Hungarians, Slavs (Bulgarians, Serbs, Croatians, Russian, Lipoveni, Slovaks, Hutzuls) Gypsies, Turks and Tatars.

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  • Titlu: Romania: Costume Populare din Batrani
  • Sub-Title: Old Romanian Folk Costumes
  • Text in English and in Romanian
  • Author: Jurca Floare
  • Pages: 34 +144 full page ALL COLOR, , almost 300 figures of women, men, children; sundaybest and work cloths; winter and summer.
  • ISBN 1-878949-39-X
  • New Book
  • Size of printout/plate :8"x10" Spiral bound book..

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    For a broad classification of Romanian Folk costumes one could consider SEVEN main ethnographic regions. We include one plate from each ethnographic region:
  • Transylvania or Ardeal
  • West Palins (Arad-Bihor-Oas),
  • Banat;
  • Oltenia-Muntenia
  • Baragan-Dobrogea (including Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians)
  • Moldova,
  • Romanians Outside Romanian borders.(In Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Ukraine)


  • In Romania there is a large varity of folk or ethnic dresses. From region to region, the costume details are different that one can identify the area of Romania in which a person lives just by their clothes style. Depending on who is counting and how the counting is done, one can list up to 120 diferent folkric or ethnographic zones, but a few are very similar. There are almost 132 plates. Duplicate pictures refer to old-new and summer-winter outfits. The book presents costumes from 97 ethnographic zones and mentions which zones are similar, so you will have an idea about the Romanian Folk Costumes of all 120 ethnographic zones.

    Here is what you get: High quality computer printout of illustrations (not photographs) of Romanian Folk Costumes. Man and women, young and old, Sunday best (most) and work clothes. Introduction, description.Tables. Maps. This is a good guide regarding the Romanian ethnic / national costumes. All ethnographically correct. List of costumes : Romanian folk Costume of

  • Abrud Bucium Transylvania;
  • Ampoi (Valea Ampoilui) Zlatna
  • Alba;
  • Alesd (Bihor);
  • Arad (Sud ); oprege
  • Arad (Orasenesc);
  • Arad (Nord ); zadii
  • Arges;
  • Aries (Salciua);
  • Almaj--Carbunari ;
  • Almaj--Valea Nerei;
  • Aromani;
  • Babadag-Dobrogea ;
  • Bacau ;
  • Basarabia ;
  • Barlad;
  • Barsa ;
  • Beius;
  • Botosani;
  • Braila;
  • Brad in Tara Zarandului
    or motii de Cris;
  • Bran
  • Bucium as Abrud
  • Buzau;
  • Buzias;
  • Caras (Oravita);
  • Campulung Moldovenesc;
  • Chioar;
  • Ciuc;
  • Clisura Dunarii;
  • Cluj, or Campia Clujului (=Muresul superior)
  • Cluj, Dealurile Clulului
  • Codru;
  • Covurlui or Galati;
  • Dambovita;
  • Deta-Ciacova;
  • Dolj;
  • Dorna- Vatra Dornei;
  • Fagaras or Tara Oltului;
  • Faget;
  • Falticeni and Suceava;
  • Gorj
  • Gura Humorului-Bukovina;
  • Gurghiu (Valea)
  • Hateg;
  • Halmagiu
  • Horezu;
  • Huedin;
  • Hunedoara;
  • Iasi;
  • Ialomita-Baragan;
  • Ilfov-Bucuresti;
  • Ineu;
  • Lapus;
  • Lipova;
  • Lugoj;
  • Maramures;
  • Tulcea or Macin or North Dobrogea;
  • MeglenoRomani;
  • Mehedinti;
  • Meziad-Bihor;
  • Muresul Superior (=Campia Clujului)
  • Valea Giurgeului;
  • Muscel;
  • Nasaud;
  • Neamt and Valea Bistritei;
  • Oas;
  • Olt-Oltenia;
  • Orastie;
  • Ostrov;
  • Padureni;
  • Petrosani;
  • Momarlani pe Valea Jiului Superior;
  • Prahova;
  • Barlad or Prut;
  • Radauti;
  • Ramnic-Muntenia;
  • Roman;
  • Romanati-Slatina;
  • Salaj
  • Sannicolau;
  • Severin;
  • Sibiu;
  • Somes;
  • Tarnave (Tarnava Mica, Tarnava Mare, Rupea);
  • Teleorman;
  • Timis;
  • Tulghes
  • Turda or mocani (Lupsa-Ocolis)
  • Tara Motilor (Vidra)
  • Tara Lovistei;
  • Valcea;
  • Valea Barcaului;
  • Valea Bistrei;
  • Valea Hartibaciului;
  • Vatra Dornei or Dorna;
  • Vlasca or Giurghiu;
  • Vrancea (was Putna)
  • Also folk costumes of Romanians from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia (Istro-romanians), Greece, Macedonia, Serbia.

    Also Romanians living outside present-day Romanian borders.

    Note: We modified the prints so the name is large.


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    Oltenia /Muntenia (no click) Women wear blouse & skirt or dress; Two overlapping aprons.
    Dobrogea / Baragan (no click) women wear blouse, skirt. Two aprons, different in size and design
    Moldova (no click) Women wear blouse, skirt, one wraparound apron (fota)
    Romanians in Balkans CLICK. Women wear dress, 1 apron, very ornate metallic buckles, colorful socks

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