Rural Romania: Wolf People in Sheep's Clothing
Rural Romania: Wolf People in Sheep's Clothing
Maramures, Moldavia and Transylvania are regions which have retained an almost medieval simplicity and beauty. In secluded valleys bordered by the Carpathian Mountains and shaded by clouds of plum blossom lie villages with wooden churches and houses where ancient rituals, festivities, clothes and crafts are cherished. To educate this illiterate world the outer walls of late medieval monastic churches were covered with colourful religious frescoes.
[ROMANIA.MARAMURES 23.636] ’Repentant dog.’ After having been bullied by the watchdog, the two kittens are satisfied onlookers as the culprit, with a guilty look in his eyes, gets scolded by the farmer’s wife. Spring blossom and haystacks round off this idyllic scene in Breb, a small village south of Sighetu Marmatiei in the Maramures. Photo Mick Palarczyk.