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. Here you can read excerpts of this feature.