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Summer Customs It s summer time in Romania, the sun is shining and one can even smell the ripe corn and the newly made bread. Summer customs seem to be magic rituals ment to protect the crops. The fertility of the land is required by the custom of "Lazaritele", a relict of the ancient worship of the sun: young girls are going from house to house, wishing abundence and good health to the hosts. In case of drought, the "Paparude", very young gipsy girls, wearing only leaves, are dancing and singing incantation ment to bring rain. In the Transylvanian village Maieru, people are used to lighting fires in the mountains, in the vicinity of the sheep folds. In some other places, mixed pairs of girls and boys jump among the flames of the stakes as a symbol of purification and durability of love. In the villages of Maramures people are used to surrounding the fields and the orchards with lit torches. In the Ariesului Valley, in the Apuseni mountains, women and girls throw coronets of sinziene on the roofs or hang them on the eaves of the houses and read their luck in the days to follow according to the signs they find in the respective flowers. While we are still in the wonderland of the Apuseni mountains, let us introduce you to another ancient feast: The girlfair on Gaina mountain which has preserved throughout time the charm of the old meetings held on a large plateau. Originally, the girl fair was more exactly a business meeting for parents, young boys and marriageable young girls who were asked in marriage according to the unwritten laws of the peasants. The location of the fair has always been this mountain where the story tells there was a hen which used to lay golden eggs. We must also mention those summer feasts that drive away the hail and rain or simply celebrate the harvest. In many Romanian villages the harvest has had a feast dedicated to it called "Cununa Secerissului" or "Cununa" because of the traditional wreath made of twisted ears of corn worn by girls on their heads. The cohorts of girls go to all the houses in the village, praising the people s labour and expressing their joy for the new bread. As a matter of fact ears of corn and grain appear figuratively in a lot of picturesque elements of Romanian folklore and so do flowers on either wooden objects, fabrics or ceramics. During summer, many traditional fairs, specific for each handicraft are organised in different places of the country. So there are earthenware fairs at Sibiu (Sibiu district), Horezu (Valcea district) Romana, Oboga (Olt district), Jupanesti (Timis district), Corund (Harghita district), Jiblea. 쥁`