Amprenta etnografică în comunităţile prahovene Izvoarele şi Măneciu
The Ethnographic Imprint in Izvoarele and Măneciu Communities from Prahova County

Summary/Abstract: The present article intends to discuss the manner in which ethnographic “imprints” could be identified in the study of artisans from two contemporary villages in Prahova County, Romania. Indeed, as far as biographic narratives, artefacts and ornamental designs in the making of musical instruments, naïve painting, and weaving do highlight the technical expertise and handwork of local craftsmen, such evidence show their relevance for the processes of acquiring necessary knowledge and skills in performing folk arts. While the processes of enculturation and education both reveal their importance in the artisans’ apprenticeship within kinship structures and, respectively, in the school institutional framework, another process – that of imprinting – seems to basically account for the same artisans’ initial receptivity and choice for pursuing their traditional crafts.

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