Members of a Romanian folklore band participate in the International Folklore Festival "Music and Traditions in Bucharest" in Bucharest, Romania, June 21, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) Members of a Romanian ...

Wearing the traditional blouse ie and folk costumes means pure emotion, connection with Divinity and the ancestors, and the love for these items of clothing is transferred to the younger generations ...

Romanian band Balkan Taksim have spent years exploring the folk music of rural villages and updating it for the electronic generation. Now they’re dismayed to see right-wing politicians seeking to ...

Museums of ethnic folk arts are often small and predictable. But then there is the Romanian Folk Art Museum. It is small, but the experience is not run of the mill. Located at 2526 Ridgeway Ave. in a ...

Some 300 dancers and their ensembles took part in the festival's 12th edition on the banks of the Mures river. Hundreds of dancers from nine countries attended the International Folklore Festival in ...

A large international exhibition dedicated to Romanian folk masks will be open between 7 December 2025 and 12 April 2026 at the Vsetin Castle, the Czech Republic, under the title 'The Mystery of the ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. Romania consists of several distinct geographical ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The intricate weave of Mat Maneri’s raspy viola and Lucian Ban’s full-bodied piano has been a jazz pleasure for ...