COVORUL
THE CARPET
Author(s): Alexandru Adrian Baciu, Octavian Filer, Oana Corina Mocanu, Eliza Paloș, Anca Nicoleta VîlceanuSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Customs / Folklore
Published by: Editura Universitară “Ion Mincu”
Keywords: museum; Romanian peasant; values; carpet/mat; tradition;
Summary/Abstract: “Like a breath” – that’s what Horia Bernea wanted the Romanian Peasant Museum to be when he conceived it. “A breath of fresh air” meant to bring back the normal, the natural, in a world that seemed to have lost it. Society has undergone a great deal of changes from the moment in which Bernea stated these ideas, but nevertheless, the Romanian Peasant Museum has remained impregnated by this function of a museum as a healing gesture. The values it stands for prove it, and they are also values in which the Romanian people find themselves when they are trying to reconnect with their origins: tradition, faith, humanity, nation.
Journal: Argument
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 407-411
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English, Romanian
