In order to have a correct idea about the Romanian culture, we have to mention, from the very beginning, that it includes the following elements:
- the Geto-Dacian tradition, kept, to a certain extent, in the popular culture ( costumes, dances, ceramics etc.) associated with other traditions borrowed from the migrating people with whom the Daco-Roman population came into contact after the withdrawal of the roman armies from the Northern region of the Danube (271 AC).
- the Latin element - which is very strong and prevailing in all the spheres of the manifestation of the folklore culture and that of the "cults" , starting with the language and ending with the phenomena which are specific to art;
- the early presence of Christianity on the current territory of Romania , so that, taking into account the fact that this process coincided with the formation of the Romanian people itself, we can assert that the Romanians were not Christianized, but were born Christians.
The Romanian culture created a pattern by comprising all of these sources of spirituality, a model it enriched during the subsequent ages of evolution. The consciousness of its Latinity represents the characteristic feature of the Romanian cultural pattern.
This cultural pattern with its specificity can be noticed in all cultural manifestations like literature, architecture, music, theatre, and filmmaking. A special attention must be paid to Romanian folklore, one of the richest in Europe, part of the Romanian culture, which constitutes together with other cultural manifestations the voices of authentic Romania. These voices of many creators of genius of Romania succeeded, in the course of time to make a "beautiful country" become a "unique country" too.
Referred to or not here, we guard them an everlasting gratitude.
