Sustainable Management of the Tur River: from chemicals to compost
The project in the Tur River Nature Reserve in Romania delivers tangible benefits to poor farmers while protecting nature. Before the project started, local villagers often dumped agricultural waste near the Tur River, causing significant damage to plant and wildlife in an area that boasts some of Romania's richest biodiversity.
To deal with this problem, the project created sites to collect the waste and turn it into compost, an environmentally friendly material that impoverished farmers use to fertilize their crops now. The project emphasized local participation since people were offered the compost and taught how to use it. So they became very motivated to take part in the project.
A study performed in 2001 on the micro flora, nitrogen and phosphorus content in the Tur River, revealed significant pollution, which the project has already succeeded in reducing.
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The old ritual is a mixture
The old ritual is a mixture of Eastern 74-131 orthodox beliefs and old pagan traditions from the Strandzha mountains. Villagers would go to the main square, 74-132 led by the head nestinar and the priest where they would symbolically transfer the spiritual power. Then they would all go to a holy spring, carrying the name of the saint, eat, and offer mutton. After sunset 74-133 the villagers would build up a large fire and dance their traditional round dance until the fire dies. Then the Nestari’s would dance over the coal, accompanied by the beat of the sacred drum and the sound of a bagpipe. 70-673
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