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Daia Romn

Daia Romn is a village located in Alba County of the Transylvanian region in Romania. It ispositioned near both Alba Countys capital city Alba Iulia and the city of Sebe. Daia Romn

has an estimated population of 3,500 residents.

Geography

Daia Romn consists of 4,328 hectares, 3,556 of which is agricultural land. To the north ofDaia Romn are the villages of Ciugud, eua and Straja, to the south Cut and pring, to theeast Vingard and Ghirbom and to the west Sebe and Oarda de Sus.

Daia Romn itself is situated within a long valley and surrounded by hills. Several creeks,supplied by springs or rain/snow fall, run through the village and culminate into a larger creek

called Slatina. In 1980 two dams were built along Slatina and the resulting lakes are nowfisheries. Daia Romn has exceptionally fertile soil that is well suited for agriculture. Residentstypically cultivate a variety of crops.

A map of Alba County

History

According to legends kept alive by Daia Romns elders, Daia Romn was settled in the 8th

century by the Stnea family from Vint. They settled near the Fntna Bunii, a natural springthat produces drinkable water for todays residents. The Stnea family was soon followed bySchiau family from Galda, the Ispas family from Deal, the Puan family from pring and theCibu family from the Apuseni Mountains.


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In a chapter titled Daia Romn la 1875 from Apulum, a historical and ethnographic documentwritten by A. Rduiu, Daia Romn was owned by the Catholic Church. It is considered one ofthe oldest documented territories of Alba County per 1293, when Hungarian King Andrei IVallowed the ruler of Alba County to make Daia Romn into its own territory. At this time therewere approximately 60 families living in the area.

In 1785 there were approximately 163 Romanian families residing in Daia Romn, all of whichcontributed land and labor to the Catholic Church. The wealthier families had the surnames of:Cibu, Groza, Sciau, Ciuca, Damian, Dua and Filip. These surnames are common today, and innearly the same proportions of the poplulation.

By 1910 Daia Romn had developed into a village with a population of 2,281. Residentssupported themselves with farming and the cultivation of bees, vineyards and livestock.According to village elders, half of Daia Romns agricultural land was and had been under thecontrol of two wealthy Hungarian families. In 1918 residents of Daia Romn revolted againstthese two families, citing that they could no longer tolerate that the majority of workable land

was controlled by outsiders from Alba Iulia. The revolting residents assailed the familiesestates and seized everything, even baby diapers. Only the estate names, La Curte and ValeaOii, survive today.

In 1967 Daia Romn experienced archaeological digs which unearthed artifacts dating from themediaeval time period. A number of these artifacts, mostly hatchets and ceramics, are on displayat Daia Romns elementary and middle school.

Local Institutions and Infrastructure

Daia Romn houses a mayors office, cultural center, library, cultural museum, a kindergarten,a grade/junior high school, health center and several churches. The mayors office, culturalcenter, library, museum, kindergarten and the villages Romanian Orthodox are located in thetowns center.

The cultural center


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The mayors office, or primria, hosts locally elected officials including the mayor and vicemayor. There is also a police station situated nearby.

The primria

The cultural center has a seating capacity of 500, running water and a kitchen to accommodate avariety of events, including weddings and other social functions. It also contains the librarywhich contains approximately 8,500 books. On the upper floor of the cultural center is DaiaRomns cultural museum which was created in October 2006 with county funds and locallydonated objects. It holds 500 cultural artifacts such as clothing, tools and household objects.

Artifacts in Daia Romns museum

Daia Romn has a kindergarten and school in separate buildings. The kindergarten hasapproximately 5 teachers and 125 students while the larger school, with grades one througheight, houses approximately 25 teachers and 360 students in 16 classes. There is no high schoolin Daia Romn; students commute to high schools in Sebe and Alba Iulia.


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The school

There are six churches in Daia, the largest being Romanian Orthodox and Catholic.

The Orthodox Church

The village has two health clinics, Cabinet Medic de familie Ardelean and Cabinet Medic defamilie Blaa. There is also a pharmacy.

Daia Romn has an organized football team which is coached by Ciuca Paul and managed byStoia Gheorghe. It is a fourth division team.


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Daia Romn has 2.5 kilometers of paved roads, 19.5 km of stone road and .5 km of dirt road.When leaving the village residents typically drive personal vehicles or take the bus to nearbySebe from which they can access Alba Iulia.

There is no village-wide network of potable water and storm drains are not in use. There areseveral communal wells for residents without running or potable water.

Waste management is provided by Salprest, a company based in Alba Iulia. Currently there is noassociation for the protection of the environment.

Demographics

Currently Daia Romn has a population of approximately 3,500. A large percentage of thevillage works abroad in countries such as Spain and Italy, and they typically return in thesummer. Residents also work locally in Daia Romn, Sebe and Alba Iulia.

Population Demographic:

By Sex:- Male population - 1,558- Female population - 1,627

By Age Group:

- Between 0 14 years - 683- Between 15 59 years - 1,838- 60+ years - 664

- By Religion:- Orthodox - 2,815;- Catholic - 35- Pentecostal - 90- Baptist -75;- Other religions -170.

- By Education:- University students - 505- High school students - 1,248- Elementary/junior high school students - 749- Preschool - 683

- By Occupation:- Employed - 1,380


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- Unemployed - 86- Pensioners - 1,006- Children - 683

The birth rate is approximately .05% and the mortality rate .1%.

Economy

In the last decade, Daia Romn has developed several different economic industries over thatinclude: commerce, milling, baking, carpentry, mechanical and auto repair, butchering andservices such as gardening, cleaning and baby sitting.

Agriculture is the main industry in Daia Romn. The territory contains approximately 3,800hectares of farmland, and each family has approximately 1.2 hectares. However, the actual land

per family varies from 9.5 to 0.5 hectares. In the village residents use their own tools to worktheir land. There are over 65 tractors, 40 small tractor trailers, 10 harvest reapers and over 100horses designated for farm work.

Sunflowers are a popular crop

Traditions

Daia Romn has a rich array of current and past traditions. Current traditions typically occurduring the holidays or at events such as funerals. Others, such as the Claca and eztoarea, areless common or extinct in the village.

The Butea is a current tradition which takes place at Christmas time, in which young men travelfrom house to house announcing the birth of Christ. There is also Craii, or a group four caroling


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young men in traditional costumes. Gherul, a poem recited at funerals, also continues today.The deceaseds family hires a poet to write a poem dedicated to their loved one and it is read atthe casket is lowered into the grave.

eztoarea is rarely, if ever, seen today in Daia Romn. It refers to a gathering of neighboring

women who met on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings in late autumn andwinter to visit and make clothing. They did not meet on Tuesday or Friday as they believed thatevil spirits would interfere with their work, and Sunday was considered a day of rest. eztoareadid not continue into spring and summer because they spent these months working in fields. Itwas an important way for them to be stay contact, and they would eat, drink, dance and singtogether. After each meeting the women customarily thanked their host and moved to anotherlocation the following evening.

Examples of traditional clothing

Claca took place when villagers had a large project, such as building a house, with which theyneed help. They would summon 15 to 20 friends to help them and host a celebration uponcompletion of the work. No money was exchanged because the host was expected to help hisneighbors with their future large scale projects.

Doinele de Ctnie refers to a traditional collection of songs sung by men leaving to serve in

mandatory army service. Before their departure they would meet, drink and sing with friendsand neighbors. In the past men would spend one or two years in the army, typically a longdistance from home, and then return to their respective towns or cities.

Clothing is an important element of Daia Romn tradition. In the past, clothing was made byhand (see eztoarea above) out of materials like sheep skin and hemp. Today, the elderlypopulation wears hand sewn clothing mirroring clothes of yonder year, often modified slightly toinclude embroidered monograms or the like. Most people in Daia purchase clothing and


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traditional clothing is reserved for special occasions and religious holidays such as Christmas orEaster.

Daia Romns museum features traditional clothing. (Insert picture here)

Legends and Lore

Daia Romn has an abundance of legends and tales about the village. They refer to parts of thevillage and often address namesake. The following is a sampling of popular lore.

CIOCAUL ORZIIThis landmark refers to a small hill with a 100 meter base diameter which, according to locallegends, formed when a giant man paused to clean his boots. The debris left behind form aperfect pile.

COASTA FURCII:Pitchfork hill, in the east portion of Daia Romn, is named for the old-style punishment inwhich perpetrators of illegal acts were executed with pitchforks.

LA FGDUThis refers to a building which was initially used as a gathering point to dance, conduct businessfor entertainment. Later, a mill was built in this spot. Now it is a bar.

LA UMFLATUThis refers to a small hill of compact dirt that continues to surge upwards due to interacting soils.

LUNCA CHILIEIMonks Cell Flatland is named for nine monk cells which served as small churches andreligious schools for Daia Romns young population. These cells are no longer standing.

PRUL ARMENII:Outside of Daia Romn is Armenian Creek, so named for Armenian prisoners who were keptthere after World War I.

VALEA SRGHILOROn the outskirts of Daia Romn, in an area called Serbian Valley after a supposed populationof Serbians that inhabited the area, are several large buildings that house a variety of livestock.

The buildings supported livestock for village consumption during Communism and are nowprivately owned.

VALEA STRJII:This valley, or Valea in Romanian, refers to Straja village which is located to the north of DaiaRomn. The valley now hosts Daia Romns football field and grazing livestock.


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Citation:

Cibu Sinefta. Monografia Comunei Daia Romn. 2009. Print

Special thanks to the Daia Romns Primaria and toNAME OF HISTORIAN WHO HELPED

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