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The exhibited necklace of beads originates from Funerary Complex No. 6 of Kurgan No. 4, excavated in 1982 by Dr. Habil. Eugen SAVA near the town of Taraclia. The beads were found in the chest area of the deceased, indicating that they had been worn as a necklace and had remained in their original position within the funerary assemblage.
The necklace consists of 11 elements made entirely of Egyptian faience. Eight of the beads are spherical and decorated with vertical incisions forming between 14 and 21 raised ribs. Their diameters range from 13 to 20 mm. Two additional elements are scarab representations measuring 23.5 × 19.5 mm, while the final component is a flattened cylindrical pendant bead featuring a central vertical groove and measuring 22 × 9 mm. The objects range in color from light blue to dark blue and violet hues, reflecting the natural deterioration and glaze variations characteristic of Egyptian faience.
Egyptian faience is an artificial quartz-based material coated with an alkaline glaze, typically blue or blue-green in color. It was widely used in Ancient Egypt and later spread throughout the Mediterranean and Pontic regions through trade networks. During the first centuries AD, such objects served as important indicators of cultural and economic contacts between the Mediterranean world and the communities of the North Pontic region.
Owing to its typological, technological, and symbolic characteristics, the Taraclia necklace is an exceptionally valuable artifact for the study of intercultural relations, the circulation of prestige goods, and the funerary practices of the Sarmatian communities during the first centuries AD (1st-2nd centuries AD).

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Music and dance performance „On Dragobete”

February 23, 2017

Every year, the National Museum of History of Moldova celebrates the Dragobete, god of youth in the local pantheon, patron of love and good mood. Promoting this holiday aims to cultivate perennial moral and spiritual values of love and friendship, respect for Romanian traditions among young people.

On February 23, the National Museum of History of Moldova organized in cooperation with the Aesthetic Education Center "Lăstărel" an event for young audiences - students from the vocational school no. 6, minors from the social rehabilitation center for children "Casa Gavroche" and children from vulnerable families - the show "On Dragobete", dedicated to the most beautiful Romanian holiday of love. The event took place in a romantic setting in the Blue Room of the National Museum of History of Moldova.

The musical-literary program has brought into discussion traditions related to love. Part of the program was the play "The Legend of Dragobete", interpretation of the most beautiful love songs and folk dance. The show, greeted with applause by the students present at the event, was prepared by artistic collectives of the Aesthetic Education Center "Lăstărel" such as: vocal-choral circle, leader Vasile Roșioru, concert master Mihai Saveliev; vocal group "Tinerețe Floare", leader Marcel Stoian; folk dance group "Brâuleț", leader Grigore Corcinschi, concert master Iurie Graur; vocal group "Solo", leader Marina Grumeza, master group Irina Bogaciova; vocal circle, leader Evghenia Bolotova; band of accordionists, leader Alexandru Braguța; vocal group "ELL-BY-Star", leader Nelea Maslo, concert master Mariana Ganea.

The song, dance and good will were the main coordinates of the museum event „On Dragobete".

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Necklace of Egyptian faience beads discovered at Taraclia

Music and dance performance „On Dragobete”

February 23, 2017

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