The “Tradiţii” Assembly
The Assembly was founded in 2006 and comprises students of our university as well as of other universities from Cluj. The dance assembly is divided into two groups: a professional group (16 pairs) and a beginners group (8 pairs – only students of USAMV).
The orchestra comprises renowned instrumentalists of Cluj, all of them having graduated specialized higher education institutions.
Traditions” Ensemble – Somesul Napoca of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from the town of Cluj Napoca, Romania was founded in 1973 by its artistic director, Mr. Dr. Zamfir Dejeu.
The aim of the group is to preserve and to cultivate the genuine folk creation of Romania, and especially that coming from Transylvania, remarkable by its specificity and universality.
The dancers have in their repertory about fifty traditional dances, which come from almost all the folk areas of the country, like: Somes Valley, The Transylvanian Plain, Bihor, Maramureş,Valea Agrijului, Codru, Podişul Secaşelor, Hunedoara and the instrumentalists can play an impressive number of songs from our folklore treasure.
The exact interpretation of the famous Romanian dances and of the played songs comes directly from folklore research carried by the group’s rulers, and proves the characteristics of the traditional Romanian creation.
The most complex dances in the group’s repertory are the ones from the Transylvanian Plain (the villages of Tritenii de Jos and Fărău): Purtata, Fecioreasca cu fată, Învârtita in the aksak rhythm, or Învârtita rară and deasă, in the straight rhythm (În două laturi, Hărţag). The binary, syncopated and asymmetric rhythms create a real polyrhythmicalness on the vertical line, and an unimagined polymetry on the horizontal line. We mention that lad’s dance in Romania recognised by UNESCO Heritage – 2015.
The classical Transylvanian trio, which consists of vioară (violin), contră and contrabas (double bass), is interpreting the dance music. The dancers take turns in an imaginative dialogue on different themes, such as about the dance. The boy’s dances are moments of great virtuosity. They slap their boots, competing against each other, and in the end each of them takes his girl and spins her around, out of pleasure or for the spectator’s delight. That’s how the so-called artistic euphoria is created. All these are completed by the chromatic variety of the festive Romanian national costumes, with all the colours of the earth on them. All the costumes have white fond and geometric or floral figures.
The group has two videocassettes and one CD-Videos and a DVD, while the orchestra has a disc that has been edited at the International Festival in Montoire France, an Electrecord disc, a CD and two audiocassettes. Many different instruments, typical for the Romanian folk music, are used: the shepherd’s whistle, “taragot”, bugle-violin, “daireaua”.
The CD comprises folkloric material that has been, for a long time now, part of the repertory of the instrumentalist soloists, of the orchestra and of the dance group. This material has been turned to its best having in mind the initial interpretations of the genuine folk bearers. There are also pieces of great popularity and virtuosity, like the well-known Ciocârlia (The lark), for instance, which is interpreted in a very authentic manner.
Since its foundation up to present, the group has got numerous national and international prizes, of which the most important are:
(INTER-TIE), England;
DEJEU, our singer, Middlesbrough, England;
EISTEDDFOD, Roodepoort, South Africa;
The ensemble “TRADITIONS” Someșul Napoca tries to express through the Romanian dances and songs that it presents in different occasions: workshops, events and performances, the most authentic and true artistic feelings. It seeks to reflect the optimism, vitality and the pride of the Romanian people, to make the traditional culture of our country known to the wider world.
Conductor: Doru Zamfir Dejeu
Choreographer: Mădălina Petcu and Horațiu Zanc
The “Agronomia” Cultural Association
The student club operates within the university as the place where the legally constituted student organizations and those fields of studies connected to the social student life carry out artistic activities such as: pop, popular, folk, jazz music, the freshmen dance, the amateur photography circle, Ikebana club, etc. The university club functions within the Agronomia campus, 74-76 Motilor Street.
The Pub
With its 180 seats, the “Agronomia” PUB, the only student pub in Cluj-Napoca is to be used by the students and the professors of the universities of Cluj.
The purpose of the Pub, located at 74-76 Motilor Street, is to provide the professors and the students with a relaxing environment where they may interact with each other.
