Dofteana Commune Bacau County

Avadani Ioana-Madalina

8215

Dofteana is a reunion of 7 villages in Bacau County. The commune is situated arround confluence between Trotus and Dofteana rivers, in a beautiful natural place. Is one of old locality on the Trotus Valley, being documentary certified in 1436, by a document of Stefanita hospodar who has doneted to Babor Plopescu adviser six villages on Trotus and Tazlau Valley, oane of these villages was Dofteana, named Dohtana in that period.

The villages in this commune are:

• Dofteana

– population : 3150

– surface : 339 ha• Cucuieţi

– population : 2410

– surface : 98 ha• Larga

– population : 1343

– surface : 94,15 ha

• Ştefan Vodă – population : 1188

– surface : 89 ha• Hăghiac

– population : 1601

– surface : 146 ha• Bogata

– population : 859

– surface : 49,75 ha• Seaca

– population : 618

– surface : 34 ha

Practical informationDofteana – Romania

• Continent - Europe• Country - Romania• Area - 237,500 km2

• Population - 21,959,278 people• Extension of domain names - .ro• Currency - Leu (RON)• Dialing code - 40• Languages spoken - Romanian, Hungarian• Countries close - Moldova, Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia• ISO country code - RO• ISO country code (3) - ROU• FIPS Code 10-4 - RO• Other names - Doftana, Dofteana, Doftána

• If you want to discover the history of the place, visit the Castle and the park, see how the rulers of the place used to live before communist times. Huge trees, a place to stay with a few good rooms near by.

Built by late 19th century, as a hunting mansion, this property passed harsh times over the years, especially during communist era when all inside

furniture and fittings have vanished. The building still has a strong structure and the outside look is impressive. It was designed by an italian archtect.

The lower ground level is built with massive stone blocks; the other levels' walls are made of bricks. The plans between lower and ground and ground

to first are supported by massive steel profiled beams. The outside walls are placked with keramik plates with a red brick look.All the outside windows

and doors are framed with beautifully profiled and finished stone blocks. The building has four levels: lower ground floor, ground floor, first floor and

the top floor.Each level is of about 500sqm. At the lower ground there is a wine cellar at four steps even lower level. The ground floor has two covered verandas: one with a back view, the

other with side view to the lake and to the large opening in between. At the first floor are 2 open verandas and three balconies. The inside central

lobby on two levels with the large "U" form staircase, with the main granite fireplace, with the walls and ceiling wood decorations, make some of the

few inside impressive originals.Inside the left tower there is a spiral wood staircase for all four levels. The other tower has a top observatory room with windows on all sides. On

top of the tower there is beautiful weather vane. The castle and its surrounding park is listed in the national patrimony of history and architecture.A lot of improvements and reparations have been done in the last years on this property. The "old pidgeon house" ( 1888 ) was transformed into a three star classified lodging house with six rooms/appartments with own bathrooms. The house has a large common living/dining room with veranda and kitchen. All the annex buildings were repaired. A new outside shower/ toilette for summer use ( for campers) was built. The outside sewage system, the water and electrical systems were also made functional and up to date. The waterpond ( 1800mp) was decolmated and populated with fish. The large alley network with resting benches in the woods and around the lake with hedges, arbusts and different trees make the place a lot

more welcoming. There was also made a new 2m tall fence with concrete foundation all around the property (1600m).The castle itself is under renovation process ( needs a lot of money and time )

Pension Dofteana Park• Pension Dofteana Park is built on former area Ghica, passed into

private ownership in 2003.Pension was made by renovating, expanding and modernizing old houses dating from 1888 hunting at present still keeping some original elements that bring the visitor a hint in the air at the time.Pension field covers an area of approximately 10Ha here the visitor enjoys the privilege of having a beautiful park and a lake of great beauty, quiet and full of color.Accommodation is in recently renovated rooms, with rustic furniture, on the one hand, and modern facilities designed to heep the guest in relaxing and elegant atmosphere. Thus, the rooms have telephone, TV and modern bathrooms.

Bear play, old tradition in Dofteana, Bacau County

The number of inhabitants of commune Dofteana is over 12,000, a considerable number of them are on the left to work in Italy or Spain, the Christmas holidays but always returning "home.'' Here, "home" for Christmas and New Year traditions are the most beautiful on Earth. From child to old man to know, are preserved, practice, and new teachers to pass from generation to generation, they emphasize the importance of charm and their children and motivate them to not forget them and take them further. Christmas is practical, '''carols, "Jian" Star ". The New Year practice: Game of the goat bears game, game mascaţilor out. Each usually has the charm and beauty, but all, "GAME Bear" enjoys the widest distribution, fauna job explaining its magnitude. We know that the bear lives in the mountains, our region enjoys abundant from it. In the past bears down almost to causing damage to local farms, this thing given the specific cry of the game.The game play is basic bear hunting, local pride, and the people have freedom of imagination and created a permanent înfrumuseţând this tradition. This game requires the existence of a large group of people made up,''led by a captain fog. Fog is conmpusă of bears, bear leaders, irozi, masked and drummers. Drummers begin rehearsals at St. Andrew, were about drumming sticks called girdles the trunk with two hammers beating different rhythms. They have a great importance because the tone of the game. They are dressed in red shirts were provided special hat on his head around with mirrors and beads, red cheeks are painted, pants are black and the side from top to bottom have tricolor ribbon. "Bearers" are people who lead the bears by requiring them to do movements that may be giving the orders. They are dressed in white shirts with wide belts in the middle called suspenders, black hat on his head under îmrejur about birds, and in their hands or cearlăie clubs which start at the end of chains that are attached to each bear's head. It is said that the bear run ursari movements imposed only if it is linked chain of cearlăul ursari.Bears are people dressed in bear skins, the head has two large red wool tassel.Irozii, dressed in female (white shirts, belts or sticks placed diagonally across the chest and back, fitted with red handkerchiefs sewn skirts and helmets on the heads of different color paper, pipes and swords in their hands). Afford an unparalleled game play of light and color that unfolds in the dialogues sound ţicnalelor two different tones amid the tobe.Tinerii răpăitului battle it out in a symbolic manner.Similarly, it has made masks representing the faces of people in different stages of life, and especially old age. In many cases the characters do not come off since they wear masks and cover their faces. They are made so that open up the amusement, and people who wear them will spread the good.New Year's Eve in the center of a show is a beauty. Here we meet the seven divisions of the bears from villages of a race taking place in the way they play and are made up and costumed. All breath villages gather at this show which fills your heart with joy and pride that you are a resident of this zone.Toate eyes are directed to the stage where each course goes up in the following order: bears, ursarii, drummers, irozii, masked. Here we present and new teachers as we present to students a week before the Festival of Customs and habits which get prizes such as we deserve.I'm sure that customs will never die Dofteana village, they will exist as long as the Romanian discontent will exist on this earth, because nearly all teachers are local women, are big fans of these places and keep the traditions means to love country Romanian nation and sweet speech. We must find the way to redefine the word patriotism''in a particular form in which students understand that being a patriot means to love your fellow man. Tradition must exist in the construction of a man, she must die. It helps us self-definition, only by experiencing it, we know who we are, where we came from, what about us, conoaştem true with value.

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