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„Rustic Art” Crafts Complex

The „Rustic Art”, founded in 2004 and certified as a Craft Center with the title of model Here you will be in the world of crafts practiced by our ancestors, you will learn about the evolution of the Bessarabian carpet and folk costume.

The address:

Clisova Noua village, Orhei district

  • Tur ghidat al complexului Arta Rustică

  • Durata:

    1 oră

  • Tarif:

    50 MDL/persoană

  • Include:

    vizita ghidată

Description

The complex consists of: 

  • Textile Museum composed of: Exhibition hall with compartments: Authentic carpet and People's Harbor;

  • The Training Center is equipped with methodical literature, with authorized guides and curricula, necessary equipment and machinery. Here you can learn 5 kinds of crafts: the art of horizontal weaving, the art of vertical weaving, the art of hand crochet, the art of mechanical weaving, the art of traditional embroidery

  • Casa Mare - is the largest and most beautiful room in peasant houses, the destination of guests and holidays

Shopping opportunities:

The complex has a small shop where traditional products are sold: ecological peat, woven rugs, etc.

Good to know! The Bessarabian carpet has become part of the universal heritage. The authentic carpet (Bessarabian bark) was inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO on December 1, 2016.

Tariffs:

  • Activități și experiențe turistice:

    • Atelier de textile 

    Durata: 1 oră

    Tarif: 80 MDL/persoană

    Include: materiale, procesul de instruire ghidat de meșterul popular Ecaterina Popescu

    • Șezătoare (min 10 participanți)

    Drata: 3 ore>

    Tarif: 500 MDL/persoană

    Include: program folcloric cu artiști locali, materiale și echipamente tradiționale, gustare: plăcinte, apă (1 sticlă 0,5l) și vin de casă (0,500 l/persoană)

     

  • Program de instruire:

    ”Țesutul de echipament vertical”

    Durata: 1-3 luni, în dependență de genul de meșteșuguri solicitat

    Tarif: ?

    Include:  materiale, procesul de instruire ghidat de meșterul popular Ecaterina Popescu

    Instruirea de bază: țesutul de echipament vertical – țesut-gen covor. Discipolii capătă deprinderi de a țese, abilități de a aplica ornamente de la cele mai simle până la cele mai complicate, priceperi de a reproduce de pe obiecte vechi, însușirea tehnicii vopsitului natural (cu plante), confecționarea diferitor obiecte utilitare și decorative de diferite dimensiuni etc.

  • Evenimente cultural-turistice:

    • Se desfășoară anual: în perioada dintre Rusalii și Sânzenii
    • Festivalul Covorului – o sărbătoare dedicată covorului basarabean. Vizitatorii au posibilitatea să admire colecția celor 60 covoare cu motive vechi basarabene, peste 30 de costume populare, să descifreze tainele simbolurilor pe ele, să se implice în ateliere de lucru, să asculte muzică folclorică
  • Tourist activities and experiences:

    • Textile workshop 

    Duration: 1 hour

    Tariff: 80 MDL/person

    It includes: materials, training process guided by the popular craftsman Ecaterina Popescu

    • Vechornytsi (traditional gatherings with music, songs, jokes and rituals) (at least 10 participants)

    Duration: 3 hours

    Tariff: 500 MDL/person

    It includes: folk program with local artists, traditional materials and equipment, snack: „placinte” (resembling a thin, small round or square-shaped cake), water (1 bottle 0.5l) and homemade wine (0.500 l / person)

  • Training program:

    „Weaving with vertical equipment”

    Duration: 1-3 months, depending on the type of crafts required

    Tariff: ?

    It includes:  materials, the training process guided by the popular craftsman Ecaterina Popescu

    Basic training: weaving with vertical equipment - carpet-like fabric. Disciples acquire weaving skills, abilities to apply ornaments from the simplest to the most complicated, skills to reproduce from old objects, mastering the technique of natural painting (with plants), making different utilitarian and decorative objects of different sizes etc.

  • Cultural-tourist events:

    It takes place annually: between Pentecost and Sanziene (annual festival in the fairies' honor)

    Carpet Festival – a celebration dedicated to the Bessarabian carpet. Visitors have the opportunity to admire the collection of 60 carpets with old Bessarabian motifs, over 30 folk costumes, to decipher the secrets of the symbols on them, to get involved in workshops, to listen to folk music

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