How the ASTRA Association Contributed to the Emancipation of Transylvanian Romanians Using Cultural Propaganda Through Theater
How the ASTRA Association Contributed to the Emancipation of Transylvanian Romanians Using Cultural Propaganda Through Theater

Summary/Abstract: Starting with 1921, the Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People (ASTRA) included in its scope of activities a cultural propaganda through theater, aiming to support the cultural emancipation of the Romanian people in Transylvania, especially in the small towns of the province, where the situation of cultural-artistic life was poor. Financially supported by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Arts, the ASTRA Association managed to set up a theater movement in Sibiu, with a view to enriching the cultural life of Transylvania, cultivating the artistic taste of the audience, promoting Romanian literature and the spiritual values of the Romanian people. This study analyses a series of unique documents in the ASTRA Collection, which reveal less-known aspects of the activity of the ASTRA Association.

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