In January, the students who visited the ceramic workshop of Attila László and László Emese in the Oradea Castle were familiarized with the craft of pottery in the project called Digitization of crafts from Valea Ierului.

We excitedly entered the small workshop. The shelves were filled with more and more beautiful mugs, plates and true masterpieces. Attila László and Emese László’s warm welcome immediately warmed our hearts on the cold January morning. The students sat around a table and immediately got down to business. They were given clay and instructions for use, and young hands skillfully and creatively shaped the clay between their fingers: the lid of their little bowl was made.

The project of preparing pasta in the shape of snails evoked memories of hot soup, yellow pasta like sunflowers and grandmother’s words for those present, as Christmas approaches in the museum of Săcueni. In mid-December, children and adults alike were able to learn about making soup noodles, which is very popular in our region and considered almost an ancient craft. Around the big table, the young people handed each other their place and tools to make the snail dough, so that everyone could try the snail torso, both boys and girls. Those interested could learn the tricks of making snail dough from Mrs. Edit Balog, who kindly showed us all the small details of the work process and told us that she learned the snail making from her grandmother and mother when she was small.

In the second half of November, Mrs. Irénke Balajti kindly presented to our small group of students from the Petőfi Sándor Theoretical High School from Săcueni and to the volunteers of the project called Digitization of Handicrafts of the Ier Valley the secrets of the ancient craft of carpet weaving.

Lady Irénke was already waiting for our bus at the gate. She welcomed us into her kitchen, where she offered us hot tea and scones. We ate the delicacy with pleasure. Meanwhile, Mrs. Irénke told us: she inherited the looms from her grandmother and even the cane stick to hold the thread is from her grandmother. We thanked her for the warm welcome, Mrs. Irénke escorted us out, and our team returned to Săcueni.

The project called Digitization of crafts from Valea Ierului has started.

The young students of the Petőfi Sándor Theoretical High School in Săcueni were able to learn more about the mysteries of making recycled paper by hand in October at the local museum. III and IV grade preparatory school students were able to watch the recycling of waste paper collected by their colleagues in September with the novelty of making recycled paper. At school, the teachers jumped into action by announcing a competition, encouraging the enthusiastic student army to collect as much clean paper as possible. The excited students of the winning teams were awaited by the project volunteers, who gladly helped and for the first time, they began to master the art of recycling by making paper by hand.

By revitalizing and digitalizing eight folk crafts and local handicrafts, the cultural identity of ethnic minorities will be strengthened within the project carried out with the support of the European Solidarity Corps Programme, thanks to the care of the Ér Hangja Association, in partnership with the local “Petőfi Sándor” High School and Săcueni City Hall for a year. At least four hundred students from local schools and at least one hundred pensioners from the local community will be involved in the implementation of the project. At the same time, the target group of the initiative includes folk craftsmen who work in the Săcueni city area or in the Valea Ierului microregion.

Lavender fields are one of the attraction, not only of Provence but also of the town of Săcuieni. Every year there are crowds of local people and of tourists from Romania who visit the Lavender Farm in Săcuieni.  The season usually starts from May to October. Of course, the best time to visit is during summer and holidays. The most beautiful lavender fields can be admired in the first week of July. If the summer is warm and the weather doesn’t play any special tricks, then the lavender field in Săcueni is the number one attraction.

Tourism is a concept with many meanings, it can mean something completely different to everyone. The churches in Săcueni are undoubtedly tourist sites because of architecture, but also sacred significance for believers in God. In Săcueni there are many differenet -bigger or smaller-religious denominations, but only three of them have an imposing gathering place which can be interesting also as a tourist destination. These three types of the church are the roman catholic, reformed and orthodox church.

The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church is the Christian Church with the Bishop of Rome.

The Reformation named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe.