The Romanians are proud to show everybody the originality and richness of their folklore which was preserved throughout the centuries despite the agitated history in that part of the world. The uniqueness of the Romanian folklore resides in its diversity in various regions of the country and, though, coherence which makes it be clearly distinctive from the folk traditions of the surrounding countries with non-Latin heritage.

A form of manifestation of the Romanian folklore is the traditional art concretized in house building, household goods, carpentry, furniture, tools, pottery, baskets, carpets, clothes, shoes, musical instruments, toys, etc.

One should not forget the Romanian folk poetry, dances and songs either sung or played at specific wooden instruments called "nai" (panpipe), "caval" (a kind of flutes) or "tambal" (a kind of piano).

Romanian traditional art has always been a precious source of inspiration for famous artists whose works became world’s art treasures for ever. Composers such as George Enescu and Grigoras Dinicu, musicians such as Gheorghe Zamfir, painters such as Nicolae Grigorescu and carvers such as Constantin Brancusi have based their unmatchable work arts on the Romanian folklore.

One may enjoy the various offerings of the ethnographical regions situated all over Romania and admire their diversity and, yet, resemblance. One should not miss the ethnographic permanent exhibitions, the specialty museums as well as the folk art events, some of them descending from the beginning of the Romanian people on these lands.

See below some ideas on how to enjoy the uniqueness of the Romanian traditional art.