Formerly, the backyard brick oven was used not only for baking bread, but also for the preparation of cakes, ring biscuits, traditional cakes, meat, preserving certain foods but also for fruit drying.
Farming flowers can be either a passion or a real business.
This tradition is well represented in our area, especially in Fântânele, where during the summer days, women and girls, sit on a bench in front of their houses and braid, knit and do hand embroidery.
For centuries wood was considered one of the most important raw material, being used in house constructions, for tools, objects and household utensils manufacturing and in furniture industry.
Forging is the oldest method involving the shaping of metals. In the pasta every villa had at least a forge, but today few are left.
Pottery represents a craft inherited from the most ancient times, from our Neolithic ancestors and it also represents one of the most genial way of expressing artistic features.
Weaving represents one of the oldest tradition and occupation in the world.
This craft is practiced in our region, especially in St. Demetrius and Chendu villages.
This land is suitable for fruit production due to its geographical and specific microclimate.
Dolls wearing traditional folk costumes, made by hand by the folk artisans are the perfect present for folk art lovers.
Wool processing is present in Chibed for many centuries.
It is a craft or a domestic trade, a manufacture process of different objects from straw.
Jidvei wines originate from Tarnave vineyards, which represents the heart of a place filled with stories, some of them are true, some are imaginated, but together give Transylvania a note of charm.
Origami cannot be called a traditional craft, but if we look at it from an artistic and creative point of view, we can combine it with the tradition.