Romanian humour

Roma: Jokes about the Roma (Gypsy) ethnic minority in Romanian. Recurring themes are stealing, refusing to work, having too many children - essentially all the negative stereotypes about Roma people in Romania. Scotsmen: Jokes about those kilt-wearing mean and fisty skulks, who never fail to act against common sense just to save a few pennies in the short run. Russians are often seen as primitive, rude and drunkards. Q: What is big, red and stinks? A: The Red Army when they take their ...

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Literature Music Fine arts Cuisine Folklore Mythology Spirituality Actors Composers Painters Poets Writers Castles Museums Religious UNESCO WHS The Culture of Romania is rich and varied. Like Romanians themselves, it is fundamentally defined as the meeting point of three regions—Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans—but cannot be fully included in any of them. The Romanian identity formed on a substratum of mi ...

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• Culture of Romania - Historical evolution
• Culture of Romania - The beginnings
• Culture of Romania - The birth of a nation
• Culture of Romania - Classical age
• Culture of Romania - Golden age
• Culture of Romania - Post-war period
• Culture of Romania - Evolutions after 1989
• Culture of Romania - Traditions
• Culture of Romania - Folklore
• Culture of Romania - Romanian mythology
• Culture of Romania - Spirituality and religion
• Culture of Romania - Traditional cuisine
• Culture of Romania - Heritage of the minorities
• Culture of Romania - Architecture and engineering
• Culture of Romania - Media and television
• Culture of Romania - Music in present day Romania
• Culture of Romania - Sports and entertainment

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Culture of Romania - The beginnings. The Origin of Romanians is highly disputed. Few written records from the Dark Ages shed any light on the subject. Two things are sure: Romanian is a Romance language. Moreover, some degree of cultural descent from Ancient Rome is clear from the customs and affinities with the other Romance nations. The Romanian (Vlach) people that appears on records from the 10th century on is already Christian, and Christianity seems to have been adopted here early on, u ...

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Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses any form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy. The origin of the term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of fluids known as humours controlled human health and emotion. A sense of humour is the ability to ex ...

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• Humour - Humour formula

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See: Oina (sport) Nadia Comaneci (gymnast) Simona Amânar (gymnast) Béla Károlyi FC Steaua Bucureşti Gheorghe Hagi (football player) Ion Ţiriac (tennis player) Ilie Năstase (tennis player) ...

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Many Romanian rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Iris and Holograf, continue to be popular, particularly with the middle-aged, while since the 1990s there has been growth in the boy band and hip hop genres. The eclectic pop-rock band Taxi have been gaining international respect, as has Spitalul de Urgenţă's raucous updating of traditional Romanian music. Also jazz and blues, and, to an extent, eurodance/trance and heavy metal/punk are popular in some places especially in large cities. Recently two romanian dance bands O-zone and Mo ...

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Culture of Romania, Culture of Romania - Historical evolution, Culture of Romania - The beginnings, Culture of Romania - The birth of a nation, Culture of Romania - Classical age, Culture of Romania - Golden age, Culture of Romania - Post-war period, Culture of Romania - Evolutions after 1989, Culture of Romania - Traditions, Culture of Romania - Folklore, Culture of Romania - Romanian mythology, Culture of Romania - Spirituality and religion, Culture of Romania - Traditional cuisine, Culture of Romania - Heritage of the minorities, Culture of Romania - Architecture and engineering, Culture of Romania - Media and television, Culture of Romania - Music in present day Romania, Culture of Romania - Sports and entertainment

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Hungarians living in Transylvania and the so-called Transylvanian Saxons (ethnic Germans of Transylvania) made many important contributions to the region's architecture, including numerous churches, fortifications, and town centers. Also, they figure in some landmarks in the development of ethnic Romanian culture: the first letter written in Romanian was addressed to the mayor of Kronstadt, now Braşov, and the first book printed in Romanian was in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu. Romania was the cradle of Yiddish theatre, and to this day Bucharest is home to a State Jewish Th ...

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In the technical domain one can note the spectacular achievements in the field of aviation made by Traian Vuia and Henri Coandă and also the works of Hermann Oberth in the field of aeronautics. Also many achievements have been made in the architectural and engineering domain, thus Bucharest became known as the small Paris, the longest bridge in Europe was constructed by Anghel Saligny linking Dobruja with the rest of Romania, the Peleş Castle became one of the most beautiful and modern castles in Europe, etc. See: Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains King Carol I Bri ...

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Culture of Romania - Folklore. Main article Romanian folklore The most striking thing about Romanian culture are the strong folk traditions which survived till this day due to the rural character of the Romanian communities which resulted in an exceptionally vital and creative traditional culture. Romania's rich folk traditions have been nourished by many sources, some of which predate the Roman occupation and the traditional folk arts include wood carving, ceramics, weaving and embroid ...

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The term "humour" as formerly applied in comedy referred to the interpenetration of the sublime and the ridiculous. For this reason humour is often a subjective experience as it depends on a special mood or perspective from its audience to be effective. By comparison, the use of irony creates the perception of a passage from the serious to the comic, while in humour the opposite is true. Arthur Schopenhauer lamented the misuse of the term (the German loa ...

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Required components: some surprise, contradiction, ambiguity or paradox. appealing to feelings or to emotions. similar to reality, but not real Methods: metaphor hyperbole reframing timing ...

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The earliest Romanian character found in an anecdote is Păcală. His name is derived from a se păcăli ('to fool oneself') and, since this word cannot be found in any other related language, we can safely assume that he's part of pure Romanian humour. The Ottoman influence brought the Balkan spirit and with it other characters and situations. Nastratin Hogea of Anton Pann is a classical example of an urban tradesman. As Jewish people from Russia settled in the Romanian lands, two other characters joined Romanian humour: Iţic and Ştrul, a pair of cunning Jews, mainly ...

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