21A, Bd. Eroilor, Brasov
web page: www.etnobrasov.ro
The Ethnographic Museum has three sections,
one in Brasov and two others in Brasov county in Sacele and
exhibits folk
costumes accompanied by black and white photographs illustrating
exactly how they were worn and by whom. The museum also shows
the evolution of weaving from an old spinning wheel to a mechanized
loom which is still operational. Authentic Romanian crafts
such as hand carved crosses and embroidered shirts are on sale
in the lobby.
Ethnographic Museum - Sacele
 Located
in the south-eastern part of Tara Barsei (Country of the Barsa
river), the ethnographical area of Sacele includes
the villages Baciu, Turches, Cernatu and Satulung (belonging
to the present municipality of Sacele), Tarlungeni, Zizin and
Purcareni. The inhabitants of the seven villages, Romanians
and Csangos (population of a Hungarian origin), having lived
together for centuries, became conscious of their belonging
to the same community of Sacele. Nevertheless, there are differences
between them, each population building in time separate identity
symbols, reflected mainly in their costumes. As regards their
occupations, the Romanians were great sheep breeders, being
known as shepherds, because they grazed their sheep by moving
the flocks to and from alpine pastures, according to the season
of the year, processed the milk and turned the wool to good
account, while the Csangos were mainly farmers, but also handicraftsmen.
The neighborhood of the town Brasov brought
the development of the carting, practiced both by Romanian
shepherds and Csangos,
who carried wares with their shepherd's carts not only all
over Transylvania, Vallachia and Moldavia, but also westwards,
as far as Budapest and Vienna.
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