săcele – a city full of history

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SCELE A CITY FULL OF HISTORY


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THE SEVEN VILLAGES

In southeastern Barsa, close to Brasov, the contact between themountains and plains are a group of seven villages: Baciu, Turche,Cernatu, Satulung (now city Scele) Trlungeni, Zizin and Purcreni.Residents of seven villages and Csangos Romanian, living together inthe same territory and showing similar features at different levels ofexistence have become conscious of belonging to the same community,

considering sceleni. Varied topography, including mountains north side of bars and Ciuca

forests, pastures, meadows and the southern part of Barsa with arableland, has led the development of livestock farming and woodworkingand crafts near the city of Brasov has favored practice transport by carts.

Csangos were primarily farmers, craftsmen and artisans (masons,

carpenters, Rotar, carpenters, blacksmiths, tailors, shoemakers) andRomanians have specialized in sheep farming, in its most advanced,shepherding flocks in processing and use of wool and milk as well ascarting.


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OLD AND NEW SCELE

1930 Oficial Office ofScele Today City Hall


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LOCAL PEOPLE AND THE LAND

The arable area Scele - representing a small proportion compared ownedforests, grasslands and meadows - has been cultivated plants used intraditional household for food (wheat, potatoes, maize), fodder and feedcrops.

A particular concern was a supply of barley from the brewery Czell Darste

and alcohol distilleries and Ozun Tarlungeni and Bod sugar factory withsugar beet.

A specific feature of traditional agriculture was practicing rudimentarytechniques: sowing by hand, plowing wood and iron coulter, weeding with thehoe, sickle and scythe to harvest and thresh.

Poor quality land sceleni prompted to adopt efficient methods formaximum exploitation of soil resources such as alternating grain crops withhoes and manure fertilization.

During the interwar period takes place a comprehensive process ofmodernization of agriculture, improving agricultural tools and machinesappear high efficiency: UNIVERSAL sower, Hanomag tractors and threshing

of MAV.


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ROMANIANS AND CSANGO FROM SCELE

Group of women and men in

traditional clothes shepherd

Satulung group of girls in holiday

costume Csng, dated 1925.

Romanians and csango from Scele


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SHEEP - THE PRIMARY OCCUPATION OF PEOPLE FROM SCELE

The seven Scele villages were strongpastoral zone type flocks, with a period ofgreat enthusiasm in the second half of theeighteenth century and first half of thenineteenth century.

Lack of arable land stretched forced people

to deal with shepherds here permanently.Mocanii sceleni sheep pastures from springto autumn on alpine pastures versanteleTransylvanian, Wallachian and Moldavian ofthe Carpathians and their winter hibernation

until spring Brgan and marshes of theDanube.

Interior fold mountains Ciuca

- Ethnographic Museum Scele reconstitution.

Periodic motion in the pastoral area was determined by a strict calendarsequence, resulting in several fold both shepherds and the concern to buildspecific materials: milk and derived products, wool and hides, near Brasov, issignificant marketability of these products .


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THE WOODWith significant forest resources, wood scelenii

used in all areas.Until a century ago all the houses, buildings andgates annex "mocneti were made by mastercarpenter in the wrapped beams and shingle roof.

Using traditional techniques and simple tools,workshops peasant carts roll over but also made

"mocneti for carting, breasts, agricultural toolsand other utensils used in the household.

Dogarii were specialized in making containers ofwooden staves and hoops connected iron: barrels,tubs, pots used to fold ciubere and preparation of

milk derivatives.Joinery workshops are made building components,furniture, house and annexes.

Under the influence of urban fashion of Brasov,some carpenters have specialized in manufacturingfurniture and painted Brasov Saxon influence, and

shepherds Csangos adopted for decoration "cleanhouse".

Wooden architectural ensemble wooden house and gate, late

nineteenth century

Carpentry workshop - early

twentieth century


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DOMESTIC TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Loom in a yard in Sacele, early

twentieth century

Cloth ironing presses,

Tarlungeni, dated 1895

By increasing a large number of sheep

flocks grazing in variant "mocanii sceleni"get large amounts of wool that were

processed for their own purposes and

especially for sale.

There has developed a strong domestic

textile industry, always present in any

household traditional instruments woolprocessing.

In each house there was at least one loom,

the woman of all ages executed different

types of fabrics for winter clothing, white

and gray rough homespun (for ghebe,

"zbune, trousers) and sarici.To decorate the home weave "oluri"

(carpet) in thick colored lace and clothes.

Timis valley and the valley ofTrlung were

in operation numerous technical

installations peasant thick wool fabric

finishing.


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PORT SHEPHERDSBecome better by practicing grazing flocks, mocanii

sceleni were influenced by the citizens lifestyle of

Brasov, since replacing the nineteenth century

traditional clothing pieces made of flax, hemp and

additional sofas, with new ones of silk, tulle, chiffon,

silk, fine cloth. Rapid adaptation of the elements of

urban fashion in fabric, cut and color gamut

determined fashion to transform this whole port into areal identity for the villages in the area. On holidays,

the women wore a suit made of silk and long skirts,

bolero, shirt with the sleeves of embroidered tulle

gathered cuffs embroidered with gold.

The waist was marked by metallic belt whose buckle completed. Towel

head was replaced with white silk veil, under which is a scarf printed with

reddish brown dcor called gimbir. Winter clothes, dulama, knee-long,

hump, were made of fine materials from Brasov and lined with natural

sheep fur, badger and marten or fox applications. Specifically for men was

casing with embroidered collar called shepherd collar, white trousers,

leather girdle.


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TRADITIONAL CLOTHES CSANGO

Clothing Csngs scelene villages illustrates a power

of assimilation of urban models and theirtransformation over time in a suit of identity. There is,

in costume for women, cotton linen shirt with the

sleeves of tulle and cuffs trimmed with gold metallic

thread, black and white pleated dress caught in braces

(hamos rokolya), laibare and skirts made from satin.

The head ornament reflects the same urbaninfluences. Young girls wore black velvet part of

multicolored ribbons, married women wore ceapsa

(csepesz) and the gossamer veil caught with needles

(boglaros tu).

The richest women were as accessories waist belt and pafta on chestmade from silver metal with semi-precious stones (es ov kosontyu).

Csangos man wore trousers made from rough homespun white, shirt

with collar embroidered with yellow, wide leather belt (deszu), black or

white cloth coat (Kurt).


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CLEAN HOUSE

Clean house is the space of representation of the family life in her important moments

(baptism, wedding, funeral) and also an eloquent expression of the financial situationof the landowner. In rural communities surrounding Brasov inhabited both Csango

and Romanian, has been taken in the eighteenth century central-europen fashion

with interior painted in fresco.

Traditional rustic furniture (bench seating, Blidari, armuroaie, corners, high bed, table

and chairs) construct a coherent and harmonious overall with floral motifs of baroque

inspiration.

Lack of decorative textiles is complemented by the presence of cups and plates with

cobalt blue enamel.


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GOSSAMER SCARFS

Woman with headkerchief gossamer.

Silk loom, beginning of XX century.

Women from Scele with the silk Scarfs


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SANTILIA

It is a traditional celebration held annually around 21st of July.

Santilia is an ancient celebration ofSaceles shepherds, on St.Elijahs day, in Poiana Angelescu.


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SANTILIA

What is specific for this holiday is

that the boys used to offer as gifts

to the future wives distaffs and

cheese molds, which were skillfully

notched. After leading their flocksto the mountains, the shepherds of

Sacele were not allowed to

descent to the village or to be

visited by wives or girlfriends. Thepurpose of this feast is to

exchange products and to meet

young people in order to get

married.

săcele – a city full of history

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