Old Romanian Houses

This museum was set up like a village. It had about 10 traditional Romanian Houses from the 18th all the way through to the early 20th century. Each house was similar but not the same. Most of them had only two rooms one room they would live in and the other one was for events such as wedding, birthdays,funerals, and baptising. One of the lady's at the museum told me that at weddings the lady's would sit on the floor and the men on benches. They would eat soup and drink a warm strong alcoholic drink that contains orange pee. She also told me that they would party from 7pm until the next day at 9am. Wedding were very popular in that time normally there would be at least one every week. The other room it the house was the living room, where all the family would live together. In this room they normally had a stove,a table, some chairs and one or two single beds. The only things they had to cook with where clay pots. They also ate and drank from clay plates and mugs. During the day women used to weave,nit, clean or cook. Men went to work on the farms and make goods for the house such as pots and pans. The average house looked like this. It was made of wood with no nails they where very cleverly placed together. It also had very small windows and the rooms were very small. Due to the small window the rooms were very dark. The men and women used to wear the traditional Romanian costumes which looked like this. Most of their clothing were made in house by women. Now if you want to buy this traditional outfits they cost about £200 each. It the countryside some people still live in the same houses and lead a life they used to 100 years ago. Thank you for reading and I hope you learnt something new.