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A rural ancestral Easter tradition in Romania is the Fires of Maundy Thursday. Across the Sânpetru de Câmpie area, ritual fires are lit on Maundy Thursday, from the wood left after the dressing of the fruit trees, there is a belief that now…

Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, or Thursday of Mysteries) is the holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter, marking the Maundy and the Last Supper of Jesus…