2017年10月31日 · We filmed the exorcism ritual for our documentary Casting Curses and Love Spells with the Most Powerful Witches in Romania, which came out exactly a year ago on Halloween.

2020年10月27日 · Mihaela Minca is one of the most famous witches in Romania. She and her coven – all women of the traditionally itinerant Roma minority – live at the margins of European society, in the...

2016年10月31日 · In Romania, the homeland of Dracula and superstition, witches were pretty much spared from the medieval witch-hunts that plagued most of Europe and killed 100,000 women. In fact, witchcraft...

2024年8月27日 · Romanian witches, also known as “witches of the Balkans” or “Vrajitoare” in Romanian, are practitioners of folk magic and witchcraft traditions that have been passed down through generations in Romania. These traditions often blend elements of pagan rituals, Christian beliefs, and folklore.

2019年3月15日 · Photographer Lucia Sekerková Bláhová's series Vrăjitoare documents the digital revolution of Romanian witches, a mystical group that uses social media to advertise services and reach new ...

2018年10月24日 · A 2014 survey found that in Romania, one in five people believe witches have powers. The witch lives in the suburbs of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, in a busy village with a Renaissance...

2019年10月1日 · Lupu, previously known for her images of transgender Romanians, has befriended the witches and captured them in intimate photographs. Her series “TinTinTin” (2018–19)—on view at the Art Encounters Biennial in Timișoara, Romania, through October 27th—offers a rare vision of this mystical, matriarchal community.

Mihaela Minca, is the most powerful witch in Romania. For her kind, being a witch is not a job, but a calling. Mihaela is a witch when she gets up, and also when she goes to sleep. It's a tradition: her mother and grandmother were already witches.

2024年3月20日 · Romania, a land steeped in folklore and ancient traditions, boasts a unique form of witchcraft that thrives to this day. Often overshadowed by sensationalized portrayals, Romanian witchcraft...

5 天之前 · The craft of being a witch, or ‘vrăjitoare’, is alive and kicking in Romania—and it’s had a makeover for the Internet age. A tradition central to travelling Roma groups, fortune-tellers would pick up potential clients wherever they wandered.