Considerații privind Țara Moților, locuitorii ei și „județul moților”
Considerations Regarding Țara Moților, its Inhabitants and the ”County of the Moți”

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we approach and try to clarify some aspects regarding the geographical and historical area of Ţara Moţilor, the names of the inhabitants of Ţara Moţilor and the discussions around the establishment of a county of moţi.The article provides detailed information about Țara Moţilor, a land with a famous historical past spread over the territory of several counties in the Apuseni Mountains. For centuries, the country of the moţi was a distinct area from economic, ethnographic, historical, geographical, etc. point of view, with traditional secular occupations, a more isolated area, with a poor way of life. However, it benefited from many natural riches. Over time, the country of the moţi was divided and belonged to different administrative-territorial units. The article presents the wonderful inhabitants of the Apuseni named by different authors: moţi, hopi, moţi crișeni, moți arieseni, mocani, munteni, Romanians. The article provides information about temperament, characterization, description and occupations of moți. In general, the moți are friendly, welcoming and empathic about other people’s troubles, but violent when they are wronged. For centuries, the main concerns of the moți have been related to ensuring daily living, preserving the language, popular costume and Orthodox religion, freedom and dignity, ancient traditions and customs. The secular problems of the moţi, as the inhabitants of Ţara Moţilor were generally called, could be posed after the Great Union of 1918, especially in the interwar period, in the Romanian media, in the tribune of the Romanian parliament, and to the Romanian governmental authorities. Due to the fact that the region was homogeneous from an economic, social and historical point of view, but divided into several administrative-territorial parts, the moți demanded the establishment of a county of their own to solve socio-economic problems and revitalize the area - unrealized thing. However, since 1918, several private or state bodies have been operating to solve the problems of the socio-economic return of the Land of the Moţi from the Apuseni Mountains, which through their actions have collaborated for the socio-economic development of the area.

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