Welcome to Ţara Oaşului
This website’s purpose is to present a colorful place, where traditions have been kept as such along the decades or even centuries
Maria Petca Poptean and Petre Zele
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On the Sâmbra Oilor stage, 2008, together with "Măgura" folk group
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The following people are few of the many, that contributed with their activity on keeping and promoting Tara Oasului culture, behaviors and values. About many other and their contributions you may read here...
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I added some movies made during Turt Days, August 2009. In these new movies you may find new hopes for the Oas music, between the young girls of the "Ansamblul Cununita Oasului" accompanied by Petre Zele.
Baciu Găleanu also shares some of his thoughts, by words full of fun but also the sadness of many old left home alone.
New movies can be seen in the CLIPS section.
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Updates history...
Jul 26, 2009
This year have reached 20 years since we left the school of Turt, we meet former colleagues and teachers, reel memories and we tried to know better who we are after 20 years. Some photos from this event can be viewed here.
Jul 17, 2009
At Easter holidays 2009, I was at Turt where I could not lose the opportunity to do some photos for you lovers of the Oaș. You can watch them here.
Feb 5, 2009
Thanks to Ştefan Haiduc, I am able to present you couple of materials about a noteworthy personality of us, Mr. Ioniţă G. Andron, who left us an icommesurable treasure of photos from the inter-war period and writings especially about Racşa. These materials can be found here.
Jan 25, 2009
Thanks to Mr. Ştefan Haiduc, I am able to present you a couple of new materials about Ţara Oaşului:
Ţara Oaşului - ethographic study, material culture, Gheorghe Focşa 1975
Ţara Oaşului - poetry, Ioan Nistor 2003
Rhapsody of Oaş, Mihai Negulescu
Wedding at Cămărzana, Dorin Sălăjan
White song from Oaş, Ion Iuga
The Oaş spirit, Ştefan Haiduc
Ţara Oaşului, ethno-folcloric space , Ştefan Haiduc
Jan 13, 2009
With the occasion of Winter hollydays, being in the Oas area, I participated to the "Festivalul de Datini si Obiceiuri de Iarna", the 11th Edition, 2008, Negresti-Oas.You can find here a couple of photos taken during the event.
Also you can watch some video material taken at the mentioned event, in the section dedicated to videos about and from Oas.
Sep 12, 2008
With the occasion of the "Golden stag festival" Brasov 2008, the Oas peoples enjoied the spectators and telespectators with a special moment, presenting the Oas weadding. The record of this representation can be visualised in the video clips section, also with this occasion I have taken numerous photos that can be visualised here.
Aug 26, 2008
During my vacation in Oas I have realized some photos which can be found in couple of new albumes and updates into the existing albumes, you can check them out here:
Updated albumes:
Jun 20, 2008
Dear visitors I have the pleasure to announce you that starting with today, a new section, grouping high quality videos will be available here. I start this new section by presenting some video materials I have taken with the Sambra Oilor 2008 occasion.
May 17, 2008
With the Sâmbrei Oilor event from May 11th 2008, I managed to take some photos which I organised in five photo albums as follows:
I hope you will enjoy them.
April 27, 2008
With the Easter occasion I have been in Turţ, I had the chance to immortalize in unique photos the significant moments of an Easter day. You can watch an image chronicle of an Easter day here.
I have added also some new photos in the album Images from Turţ.
Those who are willing photos taken on the Easter Sunday, I kindly ask them to let me know with an email message, telling me their names and what photos they need, I will organize then that the photos get to them free of charge.
December 30, 2007
While visiting Turţ on Chrismas (2007), I realized some good photos illustrating the inside of local Orthodox Church. The photos are grouped into an album that can be seen here.
December 2, 2007
I have created a new foto album containing photos I receive from visitors. You can see them here.
I have created also a new look for the web site, that fits better the winter time, I hope you will enjoy it.
November 21, 2007
Finally I managed to publish a complete proffesional English translation for the content of this web site. I am sorry for the delay, and hope that you will enjoi reading about Oas and its peoples.I have also added a new photo albume presenting some images from Turţ, it can be seen here
August 13, 2007
A bibliography of Maria Tripon, messenger of Oaş folk music, together with a beautiful collection of video and audio songs, obtained thanks to the artist's kindness, have been published here
July 29, 2007
Thanks to Maria Tripon, two new photo albums have been created. The albums present especially the activity of Oaşul and Sânzâenelefolk groups, young people from Negreşti-Oaş and surroundings, photos taken at a traditional evening of the village women. Both albums can be seen here Oaş people in the Oaş Land Museum respective Maria Tripon's photos
July 20, 2007
"At the borders with the Northern Star", a beautiful description of the Oaş Land, by Ioan Nistor, ads information about this region so dear to us.
July 11th, 2007
Thanks to Rosario Platania, a new photo album has been added, you can see it here.
June 21, 2007
Thanks to Romanian Cultural Institute, I have received "Din răsputeri - Glasuri şi cetere din Ţara Oaşului", a book about Oas Land, and its music. I just added a short comment for this book which I recommend to everyone who is found of Oas music and people.
May 19, 2007
Thanks to Ciprian Jula, a new album including photos from Sambra Oilor 2006 edition has been added. The copyrights for the photos from this album belong to Ciprian Jula, JULArt Studio
May 6, 2007
The 50th edition of Sambra Oilor event took place at Huta Certeze, where the participants could listen to traditional Oas music and participate at the traditional measurement of sheep milk.
April 29, 2007
An extraordinary folk event took place at Turt. Among the participants who entertained the audience we name Maria Petca Poptean, Nicolae Sabau, Nutu and Maria Leordean, Marius Vasile Iusco and others. More on this event here.