ROMANIAN FOLK COSTUMES

MUNTENIAIt is situated between

the Danube (south and east), the

Carpathian Mountains (the

Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia (both north), and the Olt River to the west.

OLTENIAIt is situated between

the Danube, the Southern Carpathians

and the Olt river (although counties in

the east extend beyond the river in Muntenia in some

areas).

DOBROGEAIt is situated between the

lower Danube River and the Black Sea, and includes the

Danube Delta, Romanian coast, and the

northernmost part of the Bulgarian coast. The territory of Dobruja

comprises Northern Dobruja, which is part of Romania,

and Southern Dobruja, which belongs to Bulgaria.

TRANSILVANIABounded on the east

and south by the Carpathian mountain range

, historical Transylvania

extended in the west to the Apuseni

Mountains

BANATThe Banat is a geographical

and historical region in Central Europe

currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania

(the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad south of the Mureș, and Mehedinți),

the western part in northeastern Serbia (the

Serbian Banat, mostly included in Vojvodina), and a

small northern part in southeastern Hungary (

Csongrád county).

MOLDOVAThe western part of

Moldavia is now part of Romania and the eastern part belongs

to the Republic of Moldova,

while the northern and south-eastern

parts are territories of Ukraine.

BUCOVINAis a

historical region in Central Europe

, currently divided between Romania

and Ukraine, located on the northern

slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians

and the adjoining plains.

TARA OASULUIis an etnographic region

of Romania located in the North-East part