Cello and bass have been added to the Transylvanian
taraf since the 19th century. For easier transportation in the rural areas they are somewhat smaller than the classical instrument, having only three strings. Village Mociu, county of Cluj, Transylvania, photo taken 2007.
Village
fanfare (brass band) from the village of Bănia, Valea Almăjlui Banat, photo taken in 2006.
Fluier player in village of Aerfu, Argeș county, Muntenia, photo taken in 1999.
Hip length gube (fleecy jackets), made of tufted wool, and edged with black velvet. Photo taken at Astra Museum, Sibiu, August 1998 during a fair of traditional crafts.
Pieptar from Iza valley, Maramureș, decorated with appliqué coloured leather and woollen embroidery. Photo taken in Dragomirești, Iza Valley, Maramureș, 1990.
Waist length
pieptar decorated with multi-coloured woollen tassels attached in rows and black felt hat. Photo taken in Năsăud, Bistrița-Năsăud county, July 1991.
Hip length
pieptar edged with black fur and decorated with brown, green, yellow and blue embroidery, and coordinated woollen tassels in rows on the back. Photo taken in Monor, Bistrița-Năsăud county, May 1996.
Brown
pieptar, edged with black fur and decorated with red and green embroidery from the village of Costeni, Lapuș region, Maramureș county. Photo taken at Astra Museum, Sibiu, August 1998 during a fair of traditional crafts.
Man's costume
Waist length
pieptar with side opening (
înfundat), decorated with black embroidery and black velvet edging on pockets, base and neck. Similar jackets often have the date they were made embroidered on the pockets.
Woman's Costume
Waist length
pieptar, decorated with black embroidery, and edged on black leather.
Photo taken in the village of Chirpăr, Valea Hârtibaciului, Sibiu county, April 1988.
Sheepskin
pieptar, edged with polecat fur and decorated with bands of embroidery in black and dark blue, purple and green, worn by both men and women. High Black
căciulă (sheepskin shepherds hat). Photo taken at Hora Prislop festival, August 1997.
Silk
marama worn with narrow beaded headband. Chemise with gathered neck (cămașă încrețită), heavily embroidered with blue wool and silk thread. Wrap round
fotă. Photo of folklore group in Domnești, Argeș, April 1999.
White triangular cotton headscarf (
testemel) edged with cotton fringes and sequins. Photo taken in Topoloveni, Argeș, in April 1997.
Wide brimmed straw hat (
palarie de paie) worn over a floral printed headscarf. A
cunună made of straw is rested on top of the hat. Photo taken at Coșbuc, Bistrița-Năsăud county in 1991.
