Despite the importance of fairs and festivals in promoting the Romanian intangible cultural heritage and their great support for the economy of our country, little research has been conducted in order to understand the behavior of the Romanian tourists regarding fairs and festivals attendance and their intention to travel in...
This paper explores the role of social media platforms in promoting and preserving intangible heritage, a key element of local, regional, and national identity. Platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok enhance the visibility and appreciation of traditions, customs, and artistic expressions while encouraging their transmission to future generations....
This article argues that researchers involved in cultural heritage preservation need to adopt an inclusive ethnographic research methodology that pays attention to how power, class and status shape communities. Based on field research in Ghimeş-Fǎget, Romania, it discusses the factors that influenced residents’ choice of ethnic identity and focuses on...
Community-based tourism has been promoted as a means of development whereby the social, environmental and economic needs of local communities are met through the offering of a tourism product. Local culture may be a community’s most valuable asset for tourism if planned and managed properly. Its intangible cultural heritage may...
Romania possesses a consistent heritage including cultural, historical and folkloric resources with a high potential for tourism valorization. Despite of this valuable heritage, the development of cultural tourism is still limited and more actions are needed to be undertaken for a better promotion and attraction of tourist flows in the...
The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003 has established a new, holistic approach to cultural heritage, as well as a new set of administrative and legal instruments and strategies for identifying, preserving, managing and promoting intangible cultural heritage. The policy of intangible culture entails the...
The article addresses Romanian case studies, presenting three examples of how local intangible cultural heritage has been understood and managed by national and local authorities for community development after Romania’s ratification of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention. A major challenge identified in safeguarding such practices is linked to the modernization of daily...
The article presents a study of Saxon communities in southern Transylvania, examining the resilience of tangible and intangible heritage in shaping cultural landscapes. Drawing on 74 interviews across ten villages, it shows strong persistence of material heritage but a rapid decline of traditions and practices due to post - Cold...
This is a guide presenting the history and collections exhibited at the National Szekler Museum. The museum opened its doors in 1875, founded by Emilia Zathureczky, Cserey Janosne, and Gyula Vasady Nagy. The museum's headquarters were designed by architect Kos Karoly between 1911 and 1912. The museum's collections are divided...
The paper presents the Traditional Romanian Music Band (Taraf) as a case study of intangible cultural heritage. Spread across all folkloric regions, these ensembles - typically composed of violin, contra, and double bass, sometimes enriched with instruments like cobza, dulcimer, zongora, taragot or accordion - play a central role in...