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Two young people in traditional costume, a girl and a boy, stand in front of the culture house in Cioropcani; the boy holds a clay jug, a symbol of water and hospitality.
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In Cioropcani, a folk festival honoured the well-diggers: eight water craftsmen from four villages

On Sunday, 19 July, the village of Cioropcani hosted the folk festival “La Fântânița din Sat” (At the Village Well), organised by the Pîrlița District Culture Centre together with the town hall, under the auspices of the Ungheni District Culture and Tourism Department. Alongside traditional costumes and folk ensembles, the celebration brought an unusual guest to the stage: the well-diggers — eight craftsmen from Cioropcani, Pîrlița, Petrești and Zagarancea, the people who draw water from the ground. A few days earlier, the village’s young people had cleaned and whitewashed a well.

Ion Calmis·20 July 2026· News
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Silvia Zagoreanu, in a blue blouse, presents a report at a meeting table beside two members of the IGF Board of Directors; folklore sashes and insignia lie on the table.
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Ungheni twins with Izmit in Turkey and opens a world folklore office at its Palace of Culture

Quietly, Ungheni has climbed onto the map of cultural diplomacy: in May it hosted Moldova's first international caravan of the World Folklore Union (IGF), opened an office of the organisation at its Palace of Culture, and signed a twinning agreement with Izmit, a city in Turkey. Now the director of the Palace of Culture, Silvia Zagoreanu — Moldova's representative in IGF — has presented the results to the union's Board of Directors, meeting in Poland.

Ion Calmis·27 June 2026· Explainer
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