The New Year’s traditions have some of the finest winter attractions, diverse, colourful and rich in symbols and meanings.

Hanganu family has preserved "The Bear's Tradition" from generation to generation, each member of the family taking part to this winter ritual tradition, gathering each year with the other neighbours from the Dofteana village. The father takes part to this tradition from the age of six years old.

The traditions and the customs are an integrated part of the Romanian national conscience, as they express the ancestral wisdom of the people and are the core of their spiritual legacy.