HALF-BURIED HOUSE DRĂGHICENI, Olt, 19th century
Representative for the ethnographic area of the Romanians, the border of Stefan Stanciu from Drăghiceni, dating from the beginning of the 19th century, was transferred to the museum in 1949. As in Castranova, he perpetuates ancient constructive techniques. It has the outer walls made of massive oak fur ("pidvoare") that lining the excavated and hydro -insulated pit. The interior walls ("primers") are built of brick, in them being strong forks that support the main beam of the construction. The roof is in two waters, with the oak spinning frame carved with the bard ("Mârtaci"), over which successive layers of reed, earth and straw have been placed.
The framework from the entrance to Bordei, ornamented with archaic motifs such as the twisted rope, the solar circle, the rosettes, to which are added the two cosoroabs in the form of "horse heads" with a protective role, gives this home a special note.
The plan of the border, in the form of the letter "L", comprises three rooms: the "gârliciul" in the slope, the kitchen or the room "on fire" ("ogeac"), where it is located the free hearth with Horn and the living room, with blind stove. On the hearth, as around it, the objects necessary to prepare and serve the food are located: the baking fabric, the pyrostria, the fridges, the water for drinking water, the bustle for the dough ("correction"), the containers for liquids collected from nature ("tiugi"), the low table with a wooden stools, etc.
The living room has two beds arranged at a right angle, made of planks, with the legs beaten in the ground floor, on which were placed geometrically decorated dowry and thick, brightly colored hemp. It draws the attention of the obsolete, an object of household in the form of a colac, which was placed on the head to carry more containers or weights more easily.
