From Carpathian to Pindus: The Romanian Peasant

A rare and compassionate portrait of rural life in Southeastern Europe, From Carpathian to Pindus: The Romanian Peasant by Tereza Stratilesco offers an intimate journey through the villages, traditions, and spirit of the Romanian people at the dawn of the twentieth century. Combining ethnographic observation, travel narrative, and cultural reflection, Stratilesco reveals a world shaped by faith, folklore, and the quiet dignity of labor.

Through vivid descriptions of harvest festivals, wedding customs, songs, and daily rituals, she captures the essence of a people bound to their land yet rich in imagination and wisdom. Her perspective—at once scholarly and deeply human—illuminates the moral and poetic life of the peasant as the guardian of national identity and the living link between past and present.

Written with lyrical precision and ethnological insight, Stratilesco’s work endures as a classic in European cultural studies, preserving the soul of a countryside whose values and rhythms have long shaped the story of Romania.

Complete edition of Tereza Stratilesco’s ethnographic and cultural travel study

Explores Romanian peasant life, folklore, and traditions from the Carpathians to the Pindus

Blends anthropology, history, and poetic reflection on rural identity

Essential for readers of ethnography, Romanian culture, and European folklore