The district of Maramures witnesses an unvaluable treasury of folk art, traditions, customs with as deep human and mistic roots as cannot be found in the other districts of the country. Time has passed, but local cultures and tradtions have been left untouched. So, in the valleys of Izei, Marei, Cosaului, Viseului, Copusului, the Romanian folklore maintained a remakable communicative powerness, full with originality and greatness. Most known, as already mentioned, is the art of carving wood. Wooden doors and churches are well known examples of popular architecture, which exceed every limit to fantasy, originality and creativity.
Women have an inborn skill, a peculiar artistic gift in matching colours and treating the textiles.
Customs and traditions are passed from generation to generation. Some events are connected to the seasons, in which a strong spiritual element is evident. It has links to men's spiritual and material life, a symbol that evaluates men's diligence and states the ancient work of the earth in those towns. A farmer is chosen by the old men of the village among those who had the best crop the previous year. He's the one who'll have to plough the first furrow in the earth.