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Large Romanian festival in Washington returns this weekend

July 9, 2024

The Embassy of Romania in the US and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, in partnership with the Maramureș County Council and with the support of several local partners, are organizing between July 12-14, in Washington, the third edition of the Romanian Weekend at The Wharf, Romania's largest cultural diplomacy project in the United States, but also the largest Romanian festival in America.

Conceived as a kaleidoscopic event with wide addressability, the project is part...

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https://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-weekend-wharf-washington-july-2024
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