Romanian culinary tastes - festivals

If you visit Romania and if you are a big foodie and you want to discover some culinary goodies I recommend you the following festivals:

- The Pancakes Festival from Prejmer - Braşov
Is organized every year before entering into the Easter Lent, according to the Evangelical Church calendar. The festival is inspired by the Saxon traditions. The Caravan is the center of the party. It includes accordionists, drummers, masked trumpeters and the beautiful stove cart wich prepare the pancakes. The event ends with a masquerade.

- The Pig Festival of Mangalia - Baia Mare
It is a unique event national and international during which are promoted the tasty traditional products resulted from the Mangalita pig meat. Mangalita pig has a history of over 200 years. Its meat is almost as healthy as the salmon.

- "Cheese of Brăduleţ" Festival - Brăduleţ - Arges
The event takes place over three consecutive days, in three villages: Gales, Bradet and Brăduleţ. In each day of the festival, the village which hosts the event is promoting his own values related to the local cultural identities, including: homemade cheese, cheese, cottage cheese, the curd cheese from başchiu and more.

- The Trout Festival, Ciocăneşti – Suceava
The National Festival of Trouts includes a series of complex manifestations such as fishing sport contests, culinary competitions, a beautiful contest of anecdotes and jokes, the folk parade, folk performances and entertainment, exhibitions, tastings, brass bands, balls, rustic and traditional meals.

- Figs Festival, Svinita – Mehedinti
The festival aims to promote the local products from figs and multiethnic culture of the Danube Gorge. Among the activities included in the program are: presentation and tasting of traditional products from figs, jam, brandy, fresh figs, figs cakes, fruit picking, the folk parade and some folk performances provided by artistic group of Clisura Danube and from Serbia .

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