Cîntarea României

Cîntarea României (literally "Song [of praise] to Romania") is an annual national cultural festival in the Socialist Republic of Romania since 1976 intended to promote ideologically-approved artistic manifestations, featuring both professional and amateur artists from across the country.^[1] Being part of Ceaușescu's policies to promote National Communism in Romania, the festival used folklore (especially folk music) and it had a role in shaping the national identity of the Romanians and the view of Romanian history.^[1]

The festival gets its name from a 19th-century essay generally attributed to Alecu Russo.