Ethnography and folklore:
This area, the Huedin depression, or Kalotaszeg, on a territory
of 1000 km˛ - is one of the most famous ethnographical zones
from Transylvania. Here is living the second biggest Hungarian
minority from Transylvania. Ethnographs from all over the world
are visiting it for researches and many artist are looking here
for inspiration from the folklore or from the traditional
handwork.
The culture, tradition, architecture, folklore in many places
is very well preserved from hundreds of years. In the villages
You can see old typical houses and farms, water-mills, fortified
churches (beginning from the XII. century) with the famous
paintings on wooden caskets on their ceilings, wooden churches,
monasteries, the beautiful, unique woodcarvings, popular
costumes, needle-works, carpets, painted furniture, and many
more. You can visit the famous woodcarvers, the carpet-weavers,
and the women who are doing the beautiful needle-works. You can
admire here hundred year old music, songs, dances and traditions.
By demand we can organise for you small folklore-spectacles.
The daily life of the villages is like it was 50-100 years ago
in Western Europe. The population is living mainly from farming,
woodcarving, weaving, needle-works and other handwork. The fields
are worked mostly by hand, with old traditional tools, with
horses, donkeys, oxen or black waterbuffalos. The animals (cows,
horses, goats and black waterbuffalos) are grazing in the free
nature, walking from hayfield to hayfield, and they are coming
home every evening by themselves. The flocks of sheep's are
herded also in the free nature, but they are leaving the village
with their shepherds in the spring, living in the summertime in
the mountains, and coming back in the village only in the
autumn.
History and culture :
this region, like all Transylvania, had a restless history, which
is very well reflected, in the culture and in the thousands of
relics from the past. It was populated already in the prehistoric
times, later by nomad tribes, Daciens, Romans, Germans (Saxons
and Schwabians), Hungarians and Romanians. Being an area with
rich vegetation, all kind of geographical forms, minerals, good
fields for agriculture and situated in a key-position, along the
history it was shaken by many wars and battles.
The localities were often occupied or burned down, destroyed;
the population was subjugated, driven away, killed. Now You can
admire in the peaceful, picturesque landscapes all the relics
from this eventful history: traces from the prehistoric
settlements, from the Dacien and Roman times, and all kind of
ruins and monuments from the passed centuries, like castles,
fortresses, churches (also fortified, or wooden churches),
towers, monasteries, old mines and many more.
The nature :
is exceptionally rich and colourful. You can see here all kind of
geographical forms from the plains to the high mountains, from
the peaceful valleys and meadows to the wild gorges, canyons and
rocks. Very rich vegetation (fauna and flora) populates all this
geographical forms, with many rare or unique species. You can
admire beautiful landscapes, famous reservations, natural
monuments, lakes and waterfalls, the wildness of the volcanic or
carstic areas, the beautiful underground world of the caves and
many more. It is an ideal place for a restful and comfortable
holiday, but also for adventures, like hiking, wildcamping,
orientation, climbing and survival. If you wish to practise
alpinism, You have hundreds of alpinist-routs with all kind of
levels and difficulties. If you like the spelaeology (caving), an
exceptionally rich underground world is waiting for you, with
more then 10 000 caves and underground systems. You can also
practise the aquatic sports like swimming, river-running,
canyoning, boating with kayak or canoe on beautiful lakes,
peaceful or wild rivers.
For specialists and scientists :
like photographers, cameramen, archaeologists, geologists,
geographers, biologists and others, this area offers also several
incomparable possibilities.
We provide for you Guides :
- for all kind of trips or touristical programs
- any time, for one or more persons, for families or for
groups.
- specialised in the theme of which you are interested.
- if you wish to learn some climbing, alpinism, spelaeology, or
other sports.
- speaking English, German, French, Hungarian and
Romanian.
Guided trips
ask for the special publicity folders and descriptions
- Equipment for the special programs
- Small folklore-spectacles
- Tourist-information
For information and ordering: ask the receptionist at
Camping Eldorado, tel. no. (+40) 0264-371688
