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'Spending all ghosts' at Bran Castle for four days
Bran Castle offers its visitors an insight into the past with the purpose to create in the future a new tradition, organized between November 29-December 2,the "party all ghosts'.
'' We say goodbye to all evil and all the terrors of the year and we will prepare for the winter '', informs in a press release, the castle administration .
According to the source, these days,the Tea House restaurant has prepared a special menu where the star ingredient is garlic. "It will be found including in the cup of tea in the traditional alms cake. You may enjoy the pumpkin cream with curry, a little spicy, fruit pies anise- flavoured, while garlic will keep duck leg to rest safely on a bed of black lentils and mashed beetroot,spiced with horseradish boldly accompanied by wines such as Chateau Bran and Bran spirits ".
Also, visitors to Bran Castle with the name of Andrew will not need a ticket on November 30, but the ID.
'' The old Romanian beliefs say that on the night of November 30, the day when there is a fight between autumn and winter,the ghosts struggle to seize the souls of men. The heavens open, talking wolves appear and girls or women who are alone dream of their future one.The St. Andrew's night is a night of terror when it is believed that spirits of the dead get out of their graves and start fighting at the crossroads of roads with ghosts alive. Bloody battles occur with scythes stolen from private households until dawn. At sunrise, the is purified, spirits return to their graves and ghosts with living souls return to their bodies abandoned. To fend off the attack of ghosts , who want to steal their soul, people use garlic. A night ritual which takes place is ‘guarded garlic ', they keep watching between ropes of garlic, a plant which is believed to ward off ghosts and bad luck', the press release mentions.
Also on the night of St. Andrew, the Romanians put wheat sprouts to find out if they have a year of prosperity, luck and health and if it is marked by difficulties.The New Year verifies if the wheat sprouts are high, straight, strong and thick. In this case, there will be a year rich with good harvests, the press release says.