Mount Gaina Maidens Fair

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MOUNT GAINA MAIDENS FAIR

In Sunset Mountains (Apuseni) - The closest Sunday to July 20
Climbing this mountain is a test – we will travel in trucks (the only vehicles capable to go all the way up) taking a forester road.
The Fair on Mount Gaina was a place where families who had marriageable girls and boys used to meet in order to arrange the weddings.
Legend has it that fairies all over the world once decided to have a castle built in the Apuseni Mountains, so they brought along a magic hen that layed golden eggs. Once a year the fairies would give those eggs to couples who really loved each other.
This festival is an event that gathers craftsmen, traditional costumes, traditional dances and songs from four districts: Tara Motilor, Bihor, Arad and Hunedoara.


Women playing the alpenhorn from Avram Iancu, renown all over Europe, launch the call to open the festival every year.
You will see that, even if it appears a rather primitive instrument, a chopped piece of wood, the alpenhorn produces wonderful sounds, provided that you know how to handle it. You shall see by yourself that this is not an easy task at all.

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