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Curtisoara Museum – a Cradle of Spirituality
The oldest ones have a single level, having downstairs a porch wide open, with a single room; other houses have the same cellar with the porch, and upstairs, one, two or three rooms. The houses shelter a very highly decorated interior, garnished with bark and hand sewed fabrics specific for this area, with traditional pieces of furniture, hand carved and of course, and a traditional dowry chest.
The museum was open for public visits in the summer of 1975. We must appreciate the highly important contribution in giving birth to this great museum to Ms Elena Udriste (1952-1982), then the principal of the county museum, Domnica Bajmat?r? (1982), Constantin Giurgiulescu (1982-1985), Vasile Marinoiu (from 1985 until the present).
Source of inspiration for Brancusi
This beautiful museum was a source of inspiration for many artists, amongst whom we can mention Brancusi. For example, at a house from the Balesti area, old of almost 200 years, we can see the same rhombus from the Endless Column Brancusi found grains of inspiration in the traditional ethnic art from these places for most of his works that now are known are appreciated world wide.
Personal impressions
Curtisoara is a really beautiful place, and is one of the few places left in our country that truly reminds us of our ancestors. Visiting this small ethnographic museum is like stepping in the time machine and ending up in a small village, way back in the past. When I went to Curtisoara was a beautiful sunny spring day. It was in May, as I remember. The trees were blooming. You could feel the sweet smell of cherry blossoms and hear the whisper of the grass. The sun caressed the houses and bathed us in mild auras. All this will make you, from a simple visitor a participant to what we can call the life of the village. You won’t feel like living that place anytime soon. That is what I felt and I must say that a day wasn’t enough for me. I had to come back. And I sure did.
So, if you are into anthropology or you would just love to taste a piece of the past, if you want to see a really beautiful place with many stories to tell, if vacation in another country means more for you than shopping, you would not want to miss Curtisoara. There’s an old walnut there, with a red mark on its bark, near the village church, that promised a different tale for each new visitor. You don’t believe? Go check for yourselves.
Author: Irina Neacsu
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