Exhibition of Romanian arts and crafts: Romanian cultural heritage, a legacy to witness

In 2022, through the "Importance of passing on the traditions and values of the Romanian people" project, we managed to show the French public and the Romanians present at our events some elements related to our culture. The French authorities present at the event together with Mrs. Consul General of Romania in Paris, Simona Junescu, who specially traveled to Bordeaux to be present, were delighted with what they saw, and the proof is the fact that they included it in the cultural agenda of their city the Romanian art and craft exhibition presented last year. And to all this evolution, an extraordinary contribution was made by the Department for Romanians everywhere who believed in the effectiveness and sustainability of our projects.

The city of Pessac, part of the Bordeaux metropolis, one of the most visited cities in France, organizes an extensive cultural season for the public. The fact that they included us in their program is a great honor for Romania.

3 weeks are dedicated to Romania in the city's cultural program, from October 12 to 28 there will be an art and craft exhibition. The opening is on Wednesday, October 18, at 6:30 p.m., at the Pole cultural de Camponac castle.

From October 17 to October 31 there is an exhibition at the Médiathèque about Ionesco's work, and on October 19 a play based on Ionesco's work will be performed by a theater troupe from Paris.

The weeks dedicated to Romania will end on November 3 with the orchestra from Galați, which will play together with the local orchestra.

The cultural agenda can be consulted online: CULT-SAISON-plaquette-155x220.pdf (pessac.fr), and our exhibition is mentioned on page 31. The Facebook page where you can follow the events of the city is as follows: https://www .facebook.com/Pessac/?locale=fr_FR

The exhibition seen by the French authorities last year presented the Romanian village in miniature around the winter holidays.

The miniature houses created by Mrs. Alina Ocoleanu Lăpușneanu, geography teacher in Romania, present the architectural diversity of Romanian villages in different regions of the country: Transylvania, Moldova, Muntenia, Oltenia, Dobrogea, Banat, Bucovina, Bessarabia.

Dumneaei draws the viewer's attention to the way of life of the village people, in communion with nature, and emphasizes the respect of the people here towards the environment. Even King Charles of the United Kingdom bought a traditional house in Romania and spends his holidays in our country, precisely to find a way of life beneficial to spiritual health that modern man loses in the big cities of the world. Through our exhibition we wanted to make known to the French public our specificity as a European people and to capitalize on our cultural heritage.

The mastery of the French in recognizing and promoting cultural values is unsurpassed in Europe, and we felt honored when we saw that they included the cultural events of the Franco-Romanian Center for Economic and Cultural Cooperation in their agenda.