[PW] Citable sources on Romanian holidays

[Kump, Cindy]

Robin,

I couldn't find anything in our collection but I did find an article online. It's very short but it's written by an Instructor (Mona Momescu) at Columbia University who has a PhD in Romanian Culture and Literature. Even if the article isn't of use, perhaps Dr. Momescu would be willing to offer some suggestions on resources.

The article is here: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/romanian/articles/valentine.html

Information on Dr. Momescu is here: http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/lrc/?q=node/197

I found her email address listed as: mmm2120 at columbia.edu.

Hope this helps.

Cindy

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Subject: [PW] Citable sources on Romanian holidays

Fellow marsupials,I have a student who is working on a speech on cultural traditions.  He is in need of citable sources in English about pagan or pre-Christian Romanian holidays, particularly the New Year celebrated in the spring (Dragobete or Dragobetele, or Martisorul).  The professor will not accept personal accounts or personal web sites; the student has diligently searched the locally available books on Romania, some world holidays books, and the basic EBSCOhost databases as well as Europa World and Worldcat.He needs info within a week.  Anyone have a good idea?Thanks in advance for any assistance....Robin _______________________________________________
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