{"id":2665,"date":"2012-03-08T05:30:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T12:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2012-03-07T12:13:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T19:13:42","slug":"travel-opportunity-folk-costume-of-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/travel-opportunity-folk-costume-of-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel opportunity: Folk Costume of Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/Heather.A.Vaughan\/CSAWesternRegionMengei#5574139578775150194\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Slqusoh40yw\/TVtSafFWnnI\/AAAAAAAAGyU\/OTdWHeye_UM\/s512\/100_0674.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the Exhibition, Between East and West: Folk Art Treasures of Romania (Mengei International Museum in San Diego)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joyce Corbett, curator at the Mengei International Museum in San Diego, sent me this notice of a tour she is leading to explore the folk art of Romania. For a quick preview of what you&#8217;ll see on the tour, check out my photos from last year&#8217;s exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/Heather.A.Vaughan\/CSAWesternRegionMengei\"><em>Between East &amp; West: Folk Art Treasures of Romania<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the description and registration information for the tour that Joyce is planning:<\/p>\n<p>THE FOLK TREASURES AND HERITAGE OF ROMANIA<\/p>\n<p>May 29-June 10th, 2012<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Join us for a journey back in time as we experience the history, folk culture and legendary sites of the Transylvanian Carpathians, Maramures and Bucovina. We\u2019ll travel through the Romanian countryside to enjoy a close-up look at the several cultures of Romania: Hungarian, Romanian, Saxon, Jewish and Roma.  We\u2019ll visit UNESCO World Heritage sites, see the beautiful wooden architecture and gates of Transylvania and Maramures, experience the ancient painted monasteries of Bucovina, and stroll through Saxon German medieval towns, fairy-tale castles and quaint villages.  We\u2019ll see craftspeople practicing traditional folk arts.  We\u2019ll look at collections of regional embroidered textiles and costumes, enjoy performances by folk dancers and Roma musicians and sample wines from local vineyards.  We\u2019ll also stop at the largest regional fair in Transylvania, where village people sell local wares, and folk art. .Our tour includes: comfortable lodgings in pensions and hotels, hearty breakfasts and dinners featuring regional specialties, wine tastings in local cellars, all transportation in our private bus, plus all site entrance fees. We will have our own experienced English-speaking Transylvanian guide, a local expert on the history and culture of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Land Only Price: $2999.<\/p>\n<p>For detailed itinerary and information, contact Joyce Corbett joyce-dot-corbett-at-yahoo-dot-com                    or\u00a0 call 619-825-9590.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joyce Corbett, curator at the Mengei International Museum in San Diego, sent me this notice of a tour she is leading to explore the folk art of Romania. For a quick preview of what you&#8217;ll see on the tour, check out my photos from last year&#8217;s exhibition Between East &amp; West: Folk Art Treasures of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,93,7,89,4,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}