(17 Apr 2009) SHOTLIST
Bucharest
1. Wide exterior of traditional wooden church
2. Various of young girls dressed in traditional costumes walking around the church knocking with a hammer on a wooden semantron (traditional Orthodox device for announcing the time of prayer and Easter)
3. Handmade wooden spoons displayed on the fence
4. Wide of wooden spoons displayed on front porch of house
5. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Avram Rosca, craftsman:
"At home in Bucovina (North Romania) everybody buys new things like this spoons or bowls to put painted eggs to offer to the family or friends."
6. Close of Rosca indicating wooden bowls displayed on table
7. Close-up of Easter egg being painted
8. Woman in traditional dress painting egg
9. Various of traditional painted eggs
10. Close-up of richly decorated egg
11. Window painted in traditional Romanian style
12. Girl being traditionally dressed
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13. Various of sheep at sheep farm
14. Various of sheep being slaughtered
15. Pile of sheep skins
16. Sheep being hung up
17. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Aurel (Only one name given) Local resident:
"I will have a happy Easter with lamb, eggs and cakes along with my family."
18. Various of Aurel weighing sacrificed lamb
19. Hay in the barn
20. Exterior of Romanian traditional house
21. Mirror on barn wall showing reflection of woman dressed in traditional Transylvanian costume
22. Transylvanian hand-made painted furniture and objects
23. Traditionally dressed woman bringing chairs out of barn
24. Elderly gipsy manufacturer of copper items selling copper kitchen accessories
25. Large copper bowl for outdoor cooking
26. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Vasile (Only one name given) Copper manufacturer:
"Our traditions and skills disappear - the young generation is not appreciating our work."
27. Elderly man knocking the iron semantron calling for religious service
STORYLINE
Orthodox Christians in Romania were on Friday preparing for Easter, the holiest day in their Calendar year.
Girls dressed in traditional costumes called the faithful to prayer to a local Bucharest church on Orthodox Good Friday, the day which commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
As Orthodox Christians cleaned their houses and gardens in preparation for Easter, craftsmen from all around Romania arrived at the capital to show off their traditional Easter wares.
Avram Rosca, who makes traditional wooden utensils, displayed his collection of wooden spoons and bowls while others were busy putting finishing touches to elaborately decorated Easter eggs.
Rosca said his wares were traditionally used as receptacles for the eggs, which range from plain coloured ones to those decorated with complicated, colourful patterns.
Easter celebrations, a blend religious and local traditions, typically include a spit-roast lamb dinner and a display of hard-boiled eggs, dyed red to symbolise the blood of Christ.
In villages outside Bucharest, lambs were already being slaughtered in preparation for Sunday's Easter meal.
Orthodox Christians use a different calendar from Roman Catholics and Protestants, so their celebration of Easter usually falls on a different date from the rest of Christianity and always after the Jewish festival of Passover.
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