Page 50 - Județul Sălaj - prezentare

Sălaj County Council
www.cjsj.ro

To the invitations made until now
to discover the cultural, spiritual,
historical, landscape, or gastro-
nomic treasures of Sălaj, are also
added the invitations to participate
in different cultural events, trips in
time, in the history and traditions
of Sălaj.

Porolissum Fest Festival - a historic
“journey between two worlds”, or-
ganized regularly in July each year,
tries to bring back the ancient Po-
rolissum to life, by reconstructing
aspects of the ancient Dacian and
Roman civilization related to the Porolissum Fest
army, religious beliefs, family, soci-
ety, gastronomy etc.
and dance have accompanied the
life of man (www.porolissumsalaj.
ro, www.muzeuzalau.ro).

During the same period of the
year, “La Fântâna Dorului” Festi-
val (www.simleusilvaniei.ro) is also
an international folklore event that
brings together the artistic groups “La Fântâna Dorului” Festival
of Romanians living in the diaspora
Porolissum Fest as well as in the country, promoting
among folk lovers and not only the
popular harbor, the song and the
The main attraction of the festival game specific to each community
is the spectacular battle scenes they represent.
between the Barbarians and the
Romans, especially the night strug- In August you are invited to Sălaj International Folklore Festival “Ecouri Meseșene”
gles reconstituted in front of the for the International Festival of
“Praetoria Gate”. The battle scenes Folklore “Ecouri Meseşene”
face the conflicts between the two (www.culturasalaj.ro), the oldest
civilizations: the Roman world and festival of its kind in the county, with
the barbarian world. Hundreds Porolissum Fest which the folk-loving audience can
of “reenactors”, spectacularly admire and discover the diversity
equipped, reconstruct various his- and authenticity of the national and
torical figures (from Roman em- international traditions.
perors, Dacian kings, priests, vests,
nymphs to simple warriors) to the Porolissum Fest
delight of the present audience.
Moreover, in the amphitheater’s
arena are revived the perfor-
mances of antiquity, especially the
famous gladiator battles, which
attract every year an increasing
number of audiences. Nymph
dancing is again a moment of at-
traction because even then, music

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