Bucinișu (), composed of two villages, Bucinișu and Bucinișu Mic, is a small commune in
Olt County in the region of southern
Oltenia,
Romania. It has mainly developed throughout the time on the practice of agriculture.
Its name draws its origin from a sound instrument used by the drovers that would tend their flocks of sheep in that region, an instrument called "
bucium
The ''bucium'' (, also called ''trâmbiţă'' or ''tulnic'') is a type of alphorn used by mountain dwellers and by shepherds in Romania and Moldova. The word is derived from Latin '' bucinum'', originally meaning "curved horn", an instrument ...
" or "bucin".
References
Communes in Olt County
Localities in Oltenia
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