Cîntarea României
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cântarea României (literally "Song [of praise] to Romania") was an annual national cultural festival in the Socialist Republic of Romania between 1976 and 1989 intended to promote ideologically-approved artistic manifestations, featuring both professional and amateur artists from across the country.[1] Being part of Ceaușescu's policies to promote National Communism in Romania, the festival used folklore (especially folk music) and it had a role in shaping the national identity of the Romanians and the view of Romanian history.[1]
The festival gets its name from a 19th-century essay by Alecu Russo.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dragoș Petrescu, "Communist legacies in the New Europe: history, ethnicity and the creation of a 'socialist' nation in Romania, 1945-1989", in Conflicted Memories: Europeanizing Contemporary Histories, edited by Konrad H. Jarausch, Thomas Lindenberger, Berghahn Books, 2011, ISBN 9780857453600, p.48
