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The geographical data, the wealth of glades and natural pastures of great diversity

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but also the extremely rich spontaneous flora have made ca

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for a long time, in the area of ​​the Bucovina municipalities,

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 the main occupation to be raising cattle and, within this,

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sheep raising and shepherding to be dominant.

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Like other traditional occupations, shepherding had a popular calendar

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 own divided into two symmetrical seasons

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– the pastoral summer, patronized by the horse, and the pastoral winter,
patronized by the wolf.

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Two saints guarded their borders - Sângiorz and Sâmedru

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- what they wore on their belts were the keys of the weather that they changed

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when the soroc was fulfilled, i.e. on April 23 and October 26.

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Around and on the day of Sangiorz, at the beginning of the pastoral summer,

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many magical practices were carried out with the aim of

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defeating evil spirits and attracting heavenly manna

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on cattle herds and human communities.

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The "live fires" were lit, noises were made and so on
the blast of trumpets,

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a green branch was placed in all the crossing spaces

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stuck in a square furrow, the vessels in which it was obtained
 

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 and the laps were filled with water
 and they were cooked

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with braided crowns of green branches and spring flowers,
the Sângiorz cake was being prepared and decorated

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through which the first milking was done, cattle and people
they were sprinkled with water or agiasma

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with water or agiasma, and were sedated with nettles,
the lavender or the wormwood...

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Equally, activities were organized around Sângiorz

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practical and legal: the estates were being closed, they were being built

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and the folds were repaired, the lambs were weaned, and they were marked

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  they sheared the sheep and the rams, the association of the shepherds was carried out,

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the shepherds were hired, the grazing was paid, the sheep were boarded

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 in the mountains and, last but not least, organizing

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the sheep measurer when the amount of products was determined
 what was to be given to the owners.

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As the calendar unfolded, July 20 was the middle of the pastoral summer

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when the solar god called Sântilius was celebrated,

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synonymous event, another time, with Nedeia
organized on the top of the mountain.

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Over time, Sântilie's doubts were transformed
 in seasonal meetings

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 in which the shepherds participated

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 from the plains adjacent to the mountain and, later,
 they went down to

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the foothills of the mountains becoming fairs and meadows.

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The pastoral summer ended on Sâmedru,
  on the 26th of October,

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when the soroces between
shepherds and owners of sheep,

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accounts were made for all agreements
from Sângiorz and they were

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the basis for the wills in the following
 pastoral summer.