Roumania in Light Shadow
Ethel Greening Pantazz
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 30, 2018)
Excerpt from Roumania in Light ShadowYesterday morning we awoke at Predeal, a little town in the Carpathians, just on the borderline between Hungary and Roumania. Bright sunshine greeted us. On looking eagerly out Of the car window I saw on the station platform a lively crowd Of peasants clad in gaily embroidered garments. Shepherds in tall pointed sheep skin caps and shaggy fur mantles made a striking picture, their grave demeanour an effective contrast to the anima tion of the dark-eyed girls with red flowers in their plaited hair.Is it like this every day I queried, feeling as if we had front seats in a theatre.No, this is Easter, and everyone has a three-day holiday, was the reply.Later, as the train went along, we could see the hora, a slow, swaying round dance, in progress on all the village greens to the music of the Violin and flute. Small ferris wheels, made Of wood and looking perilously frail, were revolving with burdens of laughing swains and maidens. In front Of the little white cabarets, tables were set in the open air, where the Older villagers were sipping wine, smoking cigarettes and solemnly, silently surveying the dancers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.