Color of Hay: Maramures 1
Three Batrine, Budesti, Maramures, 2000
Little girls and grandmothers wear the square hand-woven aprons called zadii. Older folks of all sexes wear the wool wrappings around their feet and shins called obdeli, tied in place by the thongs on their pointed shoes called opinchi. This traditional footwear was once made from leather and is now made from old inner tubes and car tires, but is still recognizable as footwear that predated the Romans. They dress in their finest on Sundays and religious holidays. A Maramureshanca (Maramuresh peasant woman) knows that city folk do not dress or believe as she does. Even though those people may command more respect, she is certain that her way is proper for her and her family.
