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The kitchen of a traditional house. There are embroidered towels on the walls and simple woven carpets on the floor.
Interior of the House Museum in Solca.
Men loading a horse cart with clay.
A potter at his wheel.
The yard of a village flour mill.
A carpenter at work in front of a house built with mud bricks.
An artisan selling carpets and painted eggs.
Religious service in the Church of St. Demetrius of Horodnicul de Sus. An old peasant wears traditional clothes to celebrate the feast of the church’s patron saint.
Maize grains are separated from the cob to produce food for the poultry.
Making sausages is very common in villages throughout Moldavia. The sausages, boiled or not, are smoked to last longer. They are fried, traditionally in pig fat, just before being eaten.
Villagers carrying religious banners in a funeral procession.
Skinning a calf. The leather, after special treatment, is used for belts, boots and harness.
A woman selling cabbage, onions and cauliflower.
Nuns taking care of their vegetable garden.
Horses in Bucovina are decorated with red woollen tassels.
Clay is quarried to make bricks for building houses. The bricks are not fired, but dried in the sun.
Children wear traditional clothes for Christmas and New Year performances.
Traditional textiles in a house museum.
