Radita Anatol Collection

After forced sedentarism of nomadic Moldavian Roma Groups implemented by the Soviet authorities at mid-twentieth century and massive industrialization of the Soviet economy – more traditional occupations of the Roma have disappeared. One of these traditional Romany crafts which are missing today is “Ciuraria” / “Sieve makers”. Currently the traditional Roma group of “Ciurari” live in the north part of the Republic of Moldova, especially in Drochia district at the villages of: Chetrosu, Gribova, Ochiul Alb, Drochia, Maramonovca and Nicoreni. Another part of community of Roma ciurari are located in Northern Moldova. At the present, the main occupation of this Roma ethnographic group is the commerce retail.