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Bulgaria        
        17 Jul 2004 
       
       - 18 Jul 2004       
       
        Gaina Mountain, Romania
       
    
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       Targul de Fete (Maidens Fair) on Muntele Gaina (The Hen Mountain )
        
       
        It is a traditional match-making festival where villagers in traditional costume walk up to the mountain plateau for dancing, feasting and choosing a mate.  
 
The fair usually takes place on the Sunday before 20th of July on the flat top of Mount Gaina(roughly 33km west of Campeni) near the village of Avram Iancu . It is the largest festival in the region. The most famous performeres of traditional Romanian music, as well as local dance ensembles, come to celebrate. 
  
       
      
Balkanfolk Team 
    
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