SIMBOLURI ALE ROMÂNIEI VĂZUTE PRIN OCHII STRĂINILOR
SYMBOLS OF ROMANIA SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF FOREIGNERS)

Summary/Abstract: Symbols are one of the four dimensions that define a culture, according to Geert Hofstede. They can be represented by words, gestures, pictures or objects that carry a particular meaning and are recognized as such by those who share a certain culture (e.g. language,traditional clothes, flags and status symbols). As a millennial culture, which has received a lot of foreign influences throughout time, the Romanian culture is rich in symbols of any kind. Since symbols are the outer layer of a culture, they are the first elements to be noticed by a foreigner who comes to a specific country. In our case, the foreigners who deal with the Romanian symbols and marvel at their richness are the students who take the courses of the Preparatory Year of Romanian for Foreign Citizens at the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest. The way they perceive and then relate to our symbols is interesting to study as a subject of cultural research, and this is the reason why I have chosen it as the topic of my article.

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