The Hutsul Ethnicity (Ethnic Group with Medieval Origins) in the Romanian Space. The Transfer of Hutsul Households in the National Village Museum

Abstract

Along with the ethnographic natives, the attention of the Village Museum in Bucharest was focused, from the outset, on minority representation in the Romanian space, with their traits of life and the evolution of their material culture, spiritual experiences and last, but not least, with links regarding mutual cultural connections with the native population and other inhabitant minorities. Although a modest share and a hard custom culture, Guzuls’ ethnicity is real from a historical and folkloric point of view that could not be ignored by specialized museums and research institutes in history. The motivation for this research has been undertaken in Northern Moldavia, an area where the minority has been most present, the results of this research can be pursued today in exhibitions open in our museum and in specialized publications.

Keywords

• minority
• Guzuls
• vernacular architecture
• ethnography
• “strengthened detour“
• customs