Music is a very important part of the Moldovan culture.
Accordions are played by buskers in the nearby town of Cahul. The traditional bands also
have violins, trumpets and clarinets. Typically very quick tempo and all sounds
the same to me! They also have a national dance where they hold hands in a
really big circle and do steps in sequence, getting faster and faster.
We are becoming fully acquainted with Bucharest Ikea as they
offer a bit of comfort after the airport runs to pick up the volunteers. It
always makes me smile as we drive to the airport under the highways of the city as there
are always gig adverts. It’s surprising what makes it over to Romania. So far
there have been adverts for Bon Jovi, The Deftones, Pendulum and Mika. Small
world indeed! 