Contribuție la studiul ouălor împistrite în Țara Lăpușului
Contribution to the study of the painted eggs in Lapu region

Summary/Abstract: Lapuș ethnographic region is stil a place where reach and fascinating traditional heritage is organicaly preserved. Aside throat singing, brotherhood rituals, archaic costumes and other ethnographical facts, Easter egg painting is conducted under old ways. The motifs are part of a larger set of traditional decorative spectra and also the technique and the chromatic choice are very old. Nevertheless, the most surprising aspect regarding egg painting in Lapuș area is the way the performers understand to compose the decoration, suggesting an archaic artistic expression related to a traditional view of the world and art creation mechanisms. This paper aims to fill a lesser known chapter of Roumanian folk art, the style and motifs of easter egg from Tara Lăpușului, Transsylvania.

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