Romania National Day 2022: remembering the past while walking into the future

By Daniel Nistoran

Romania National Day or the Great Union Day is marked on December 1^st and is considered an extremely important day in Romania because of the history behind the regions that are now modern-day Romania. The event that announced that great union is what millions of Romanians worldwide celebrate each year.This is an introduction to the European country that never had ambition to conquer or colonize but always fighting to preserve its unique cultural and spiritual heritage.

HISTORY OF ROMANIA

Proves left by many prehistorical cultures show people living in Romania region before 10000 BC. There are controversial artefacts pointing to Transylvania, one of Romania’s provinces, as the earliest known territory where written words were found, sculpted in stone and gold more than 8000 years back.

Dacia was the first name known and recognized by ancient cultures like Greeks and Romans. And they had to, since the mighty Cesar said Dacia is unconquerable! Coincidence or not, he was killed with a dagger in the same year the mighty king of Dacia, Burebista, was killed in the same way.

Dacia was conquered by Roman emperor Traian in 106 AD and history captured so many great moments after that. I will jump over time to arrive into the modern days. For those who are interested, use your mind to navigate the historical facts online. Below some references I appreciate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania

THE NATIONAL DAY

Romania National Day doubles as the day that commemorates the union of the separate ancient regions of Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom to form present-day Romania and as the country’s Independence Day.

Independence Day has been moved a few times in the past: first, it was May 10, which represents the day that King Carol I ratified the Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877; next, it moved to August 23, starting 1948, to mark the 1944 overthrow of the pro-Nazi government in the country. But since 1990, Romania’s Independence Day has been celebrated on December 1.

Romania National Day is better known as the Great Union and the annual military parade performed that day with a usually large crowd of bystanders is enjoyed by Romanians and foreigners around the world.

According to records, the paperwork that ratifies the merger of the regions was signed in the city of Alba Iulia, and the declaration was read out loud to a large audience of Romanians in 1918.

ROMANIA TODAY

Romania is the 12th largest country in Europe and the sixth most populous member state in the European Union. In 2018 when the country celebrated the centenary of Great Union Day, 4807 people gathered to recreate the silhouette of Romania in Alba Iulia, setting a record as the largest human image of a country ever.

There are so many words to explain Romania. And no words will explain Romania. Come visit, travel, study, invest.

NOTES FROM AUTHOR

I was raised in a communist Romanian country where food and basic needs were denied by the government. Where finding God in churches was monitored by state security. Where watching TV or listening to radio was restricted. Where parents were arrested because kids spread a joke about government. This was Romania before 1989. Now, it is a free European country.

I wrote this article because I praise and I strongly support my wife, Princess Nkiruka Lucy Ugwu. We are discussing about living in Biafra, we’re dreaming about freedom of speech, human rights, and world business agenda looking into people’s basic needs.

I believe history is teaching us how to build a better future. Therefore, my humble advice to Africa and African people is: don’t copy, build for yourself. This is what Romania did.

La multi ani Romania!

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