The 47th edition of the Sighetu Marmatiei Winter Festival will take place on December 27. Let's meet here, in Maramures!

Maramures Christmas Calendar

In Maramures survive the best winter traditional customs still found across Europe.
If you are interested to see them, look below the list of events:

-20 December: "Christmas in Maramures". Event organised at Village Museum, Baia Mare. Traditional costumes, music, Carols, food and drink.
-24 December: "Christmas night". In all villages, children are performing Carols.
-25 December: "Folk play "Viflaimul" (religious play, with people nicely costumed), performed at 12 AM, after the Mass, in Viseu de Sus, Botiza and Ieud villages.
-27 December: Winter customs festival "Marmatia", in Sighetul Marmatiei. The oldest, greatest, most beautiful winter festival-carnival. Thousands of participants, dressed traditionally or wearing devil or animal masks. Starts at 12 AM.
-21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28 December: "Mocanita" steam train, through the snow. In every day mentioned are organised day trips (starting at 10 AM) on the Vaser Valley, from Viseu de Sus town.
For more info, you can contact amizadil@yahoo.com.

Guided tours around Maramures

If you are interested to see the Maramures's best, join Maramures Tours.

The offer include visits to the best UNESCO wooden churches, the Merry Cemetery from Sapanta, Vaser Valley logging railway, traditional wooden gates and houses, self-sufficient little farms, craft workshops, water mills and alcohol distilleries, Sighetu Marmatiei's museums, waterfalls and beautiful point of views, among other sights. 

For more information, send an email at teofilivanciuc@yahoo.com.