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SUMMARY:Romanian Food Festival\, Potomac\, MD May 17-19
DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all for the Maryland/DC area Food Festival! \nMessage from the Organizer: \nWe celebrate our community’s 10th anniversary and we are excited to share with you our joy and gratefulness for such an incredible decade of blessings and happy moments. For this reason\, we intend to organize an unforgettable festival\, full of cultural and spiritual events\, completed with culinary satisfactions and the opportunity to spend a few hours outdoors in our beautiful garden. We invite you to join us in paying a unique homage to the spirit and traditions of the Romanian people\, widely known and appreciated in all corners of the world. \nAnd so\, during this festival\, among the numerous specifically-Romanian products and culinary delights\, we will offer: home-made sausages\, grill-steaks\, pork pastrami\, the famous Romanian small skinless sausages called “mititei\,” the traditional cabbage rolls with polenta (“mamaliga”)\, stuffed peppers\, a variety of delicious soups\, and many more. An assortment of vegetarian dishes will also be available. \nThe dessert sector will attract the public through a variety of home-made cakes\, cookies and other sweets prepared with love by our talented volunteer ladies: cakes (“torte”)\, coffee-cakes\, “eclaire\,” amandines\, “cozonac\,” cheese rolls\, apple pies\, cookies (“fursecuri”)\, pancakes\, and many more. \nThe bar will be well-stocked with a variety of distinct Romanian beer and wine assortments. \nThe festive and cheerful atmosphere will also be sustained by the richness of the Romanian folk music and dances. Local American artists\, as well as Romanians from here and from various homeland places\, will visit us especially for this event\, and will call us to sing together\, in one voice\, some traditional Romanian melodies\, and to join our hands in ancient “hora” and “invartita” dances in the garden of our community. \nThe Romanian spirituality will be present through the opportunity to visit our temporary church\, and to share our vision to build here\, close to the Capital of the United States\, a Romanian orthodox cathedral\, resembling the almost 500-year old “Moldovita” monastery church\, well known as an object of world (UNESCO) treasure. \nA folkloric exhibition will display various Romanian handicrafts and popular costumes. \nA specially designed area will offer the children various field games\, face painting\, a bouncing-house\, a petting-zoo garden\, and many more activities and surprises. \nEveryone is welcome!
URL:https://alianta.org/event/romanian-food-festival-potomac-md-may-17-19/
LOCATION:Romanian Food Festival\, 9111 River Rd\, Potomac\, MD\, 20854\, United States
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SUMMARY:Romanian Food Festival | Festivalul Românesc in DC area
DESCRIPTION:From Romanians of DC newsletter: \nThe St. Andrew Romanian Orthodox Church has the pleasure of inviting you to a new edition of the Romanian Food Festival\, which will take place on May 17-19 on their property situated at 9111 River Road\, Potomac\, MD 20854. This year also marks the 10th anniversary of the church and as such they hope to make this an unforgettable event\, full of cultural and spiritual events\, completed with culinary wonders and the opportunity to spend a few hours outdoors in their beautiful garden. \nThe festival will feature numerous Romanian culinary delights including: home-made sausages\, grill-steaks\, pork pastrami\, the famous Romanian small skinless sausages called “mititei\,” the traditional cabbage rolls with polenta (“mamaliga”)\, stuffed peppers\, a variety of delicious soups\, and many more. An assortment of vegetarian dishes will also be available. There will also be a great variety of home-made sweets including: cakes\, cookies and other sweets cakes (“torte”)\, coffee-cakes\, eclairs\, “amandines\, “cozonac\,” cheese rolls\, apple pies\, cookies (“fursecuri”)\, pancakes\, and many more. The bar will be well-stocked with a variety of distinct Romanian beer and wine assortments. \nThe festive and cheerful atmosphere will also be enhanced by the richness of the Romanian folk music and dances. Romanian and American dancers\, artists and singers will delight the public throughout the duration of the festival with traditional folk dances from all regions of Romania\, with well know songs and will teach a few dances. On Saturday\, May 18 at 2 pm those present will also mark the Universal Day of the Romanian Blouse in Washington along with Andreea Tănăsescu\, the Founder of La Blouse Roumaine Community and the creator of this global celebration! A small exhibition will display various Romanian handicrafts and folk costumes. \nThe Romanian spirituality will be present through the opportunity to visit the temporary church and to share the vision to build here\, close to the Nation’s Capital\, a Romanian Orthodox Cathedral\, inspired by the 500-year old Moldovița Monastery Church\, a UNESCO site. \nA specially designed area will offer the children various field games\, face painting\, a bouncing-house\, a petting-zoo garden\, and many more activities and surprises. Entrance is $5 for adults and $3 for children and is valid for all three days of the festival. \nMay 17-19 \nSt. Andrew Romanian Church \n1607 23rd Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC
URL:https://alianta.org/event/romanian-food-festival-festivalul-romanesc/
LOCATION:St. Andrew Romanian Church\, 1607 23rd Street\, NW\,\, Washington\, DC\, DC\, United States
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