Lake Bucura from Retezat was, for the first time, the place of a unique event, organized on the occasion of 90 years since the establishment of the Retezat National Park. There were classical music concerts on the shore of the glacial lake, but the artistic show also sparked controversy.
Lake Bucura. Photo: Retezat National Park.
Lake Bucura covers almost nine hectares and is the largest glacial lake in Romania. For the lovers of the mountain, his banks are a popular camping place, before continuing their way on the paths that climb steeply, up to 2,500 meters, to the Bucura, Peleaga, Păpușa and Retezat.
Unpublished concert on the shore of the glacial lake
On the weekend of August 15–17, the glacial lake at the foot of the highest peaks in Retezat became not only a place where tourists can admire marmots and black goats in their natural environment, but also the “scene” of unusual musical shows, dedicated to the anniversary of the Retezat National Park.
“The mountains present in mid-August at Lake Bucura enjoyed three days of classical music concerts, but also of documentary film projections. The atypical cultural event aimed to highlight the classical music in a protected natural setting, to raise the level of awareness of the organic connection between man, nature. National in Romania, Retezat National Park ”, The organizers (Klavier Art Association, in partnership with the Retezat Tourism Association) transmitted.
Almost 150 tents were installed on the shore of the glacial lake at the end of the week, and the tourists generally enjoyed the musical shows offered at over 2,000 meters altitude.
“This event was thought of with all the responsibility imposed by the place where we carried out our cultural activities. From the beginning, we assumed, together with the administration and scientific council of the Retezat National Park, that we will not promote the event before its development, addressing the public already present at the Lake. happened from the discussions with the representatives of Salvamont Hunedoara, said Corina Răducanu, Klavier Art.
The sound was at a minimum level, and the area was delimited and sanitized both during the event and after its conclusion.
“The collected waste were lowered from the mountain with the same helicopter with which I transported all the logistics necessary for the conduct in good conditions”, added the organizer.
The concert claimed by some tourists
Despite the measures taken by the organizers and the difficulties encountered by them because of the weather and difficult access, the concert in the heart of the Retezat has aroused controversy. Some tourists claimed that the musical event, respectively the piano concert and film projections, did not have to take place in a natural reserve.
“Downing from the Peleaga Peak to Lake Bucura, I loaded with a good energy at sunset. But once this energy came, although I knew before it would be a concert there, with stage, sound and screens, I had to camp in that area after the tour started from the river. Like many others. said Andrei Lazăr, one of the tourists in the area. His message on the Facebook page has aroused numerous pros and cons of the cultural event.
According to him, other visitors also said they were disturbed by the “joke” of the piano agreements, some claiming the event just before it was conducted.
“Revolving! At Lake Bucura, in the heart of Retezat National Park – one of the most valuable natural reserves of Romania – to organize a concert. Retezatul is not a show scene, but a sanctuary for biodiversity, protected by law and internationally recognized. Such actions violates the spirit of nature protection and can have a negative impact,” He sent a tourist, in a message published on the Facebook page of Retezat National Park.
“Did you ask Marmote and goats?”wrote, ironically, someone else.
Alin Alimpesc, the director of the Retezat National Park, said that all the necessary measures were taken to make the impact of the cultural event on the environment. He added that such concerts will not take place on the shore of Lake Bucura, although no one prevents tourists from playing guitar in the camping area, as used to.
Retezatul, the first national park of Romania
Retezatul, the first national park established in Romania, has celebrated 90 years of existence. Old hunting field of noble families, the land of secular forests and glacial lakes has become one of the most precious reserves of nature in Romania.
The scientist Alexandru Borza (1887-1971) recognized as a pioneer of nature protection in Romania, had among the greatest merits in the establishment of the Retezat National Park, on March 22, 1935, by a decision of the Council of Ministers of Romania.
His efforts were long. After in 1920, he founded the Botanical Garden in Cluj-Napoca, Professor Alexandru Borza, supported by other scientists such as Andrei Popovici Bâznoşanu and Emil Racoviţă, but also by the Romanian naturalists society focused in the next years on the establishment of national parks, where the Romanian state will legislate.
In 1935, almost 15 years after the first steps taken for the establishment of Retezat National Park, which at the beginning of the 20th century was included in the area of the Noble Family Kendeffy, the efforts of Professor Alexandru Borza and other scholars, such as Emil Racoviță (1868-1947), were successfully crowned.
“The retez up! Few mountain names evoke deeper impressions of tourist, naturalistic and hunting privileges. Rarely a mountainous massif that will enchant you more with the landscapes, of the most authentic savagery, to fascinate you more secretly through its rare flowers, through the wonderful geese, the extraordinary and especially through the phenomenon, In this gigantic sanctuary of nature with a stretch of at least 100 square kilometers, they will admire and study the miracles of concentrated creation here as if from deep, the current and future generations, tourists from the country and abroad, attracted by the fame of the Retezat “, informed Alexandru Borza, in the description “Retezatul”.
The land of glacial lakes
At the establishment, Retezat National Park had an area of 13,000 hectares (about 130 square kilometers), which, over time, was extended, reaching over 38,000 hectares.
The Retezat National Park is nicknamed the “land with blue eyes”, due to the multitude of glacial lakes that are in the massif and represents about 38 percent of the total glacial lakes in Romania.
“The more than 80 lakes in Retezat, of which only 54 are permanent, are fueled by the melted snow from the ridges. The most spectacular of the lake higher altitude ”the representatives of the protected area show.
The glacial lakes were formed in the boilers, by accumulating the water from rain and snow and through the springs. The lakes together with the glacial circles (rocky basins with steep slopes, formed by the melting of glaciers) make the cutter one of the massifs in Europe that retain the most widespread traces of the glacial era.
