Amusement wheel, Zăpodeni, Vaslui county, 20th century
The scrape transferred to the museum in Zăpodeni commune, called a local and "hour", is an outdoor archaic installation used as a means of fun for young people. The construction is made up of two massive oak wood forks on which the axis (the "grind") supports four beams ("bolzi"). Bolzi are caught four "policies" (a kind of suspended banks called and swings) on which those who "give" (rotate) in the sting are seated. It was used on the holidays especially by young people, being set in motion by the participants. The boys, in groups of two, pushed the heads arranged crossly, printing the rotation. In exchange for their effort they were rewarded with specific products of the holiday they participated in (at the Passover, for example, they received red and cozonac eggs).
Installations of this kind, with some modernizations imposed by the passage of time, are still preserved in the north of Moldova as in other places in Europe, being closely linked to the spring holidays of the local communities.
