Romanian Winter Traditions in Baku

Today, on December 23^rd, at the Romanian Language and Cultural Center there were celebrated winter traditions in Romanian style. The event was organized by the Romanian lecturer, Iosefina Blazsani-Batto.

The Romanian language students from the Faculty of International Relations and Regional Studies, ADU, Baku, learned in a joyful way how to sing a carol, how to decorate a sorcova, and they tasted traditional dishes like sarmale, mămăligă. The traditional Christmas sweets, cozonac, were prepared by a team of Romanians from the Baku community and a graduate of the first batch of Romanian language students, Seda Mammadli. They also had the pleasure to enjoy traditional old carols sang live from Romania on zoom by a popular artist, Ana Radu. They also had brief presentations about the winter traditions in Romania, and exchanged gifts under the decorated Christmas tree.