ROMANIA HOREZU CERAMICS: INTANGIBLE WORLD HERITAGE
Traditional crafts made in the northern part of Vâlcea County, Romania.
Crafts are amazing and show generations of knowledge transmitted through families. Men extract the earth elements transforming it into a clay body, ready to shape. Crafts use a finger technique requiring concentration, strength and agility, Decoration of clay pottery is made by women. Colors: shades of dark brown, red, green, blue and ‘Horezu ivory’. It is World Intangible Heritage since 2012.
Research of Palatul Copillor Students Teacher Nina Mihaela Stirian