Each
year, on December 1st, Romanians throughout the world and in the
country, celebrate their National Day with a renewed sense of national pride.
Romania is an old country, with a rich culture and by honoring their roots, Romanians
always bring forward their beautiful traditions, songs or poems.
La mulţi ani, România! La mulți ani tuturor românilor de
pretutindeni!
● Brief historical background:
This
is one of the most important Romanian national holidays, and it is called the
“Great Union Day” or the “Unification Day” (Romanian: "Ziua Marii
Uniri") and in many parts of the world it is known as
“National Romania Day”. This special holiday marks the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia
and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918. According to ‘Alba Iulia
Proclamation’, all these Romanian regions joined Romania as a country.
The Union marked the country’s history
forever, but after that Romania had to pass through many other changes and
challenges and some of them included the World War II, the Communist regime and
the 1989 Revolution. Despite numerous hardships, it
is also appropriate to mention that Romania still looks ahead with sound
optimism, but it does not forget its past.