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The Golden Stag Festival in Ceausescu’s Romania (1968-1971)

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Alexandru Matei

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

view journal of european television history and culture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2213-0969

DOI - 10.18146/2213-0969.2012.jethc015

Subject(s) - romanian , entertainment , communism , context (archaeology) , political science , liberalization , advertising , history , law , business , politics , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics

After his appointment as leader of the Romanian Communist Party in 1965,Ceausescu was very interested in gathering popular support for his economicplans. It was in this context that Romanian television could contribute fora short while to a liberalization of Romanian mass culture by means ofcultural and entertainment programmes. Between 1968 and 1972, Romaniantelevision (TVR) organized the international pop music festival ‘Cerbul deAur’ (the Golden Stag), which brought together some of the best Europeansingers at the time.

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