Amadou workshop visit in Corund
Amadou workshop visit in Corund

Amadou workshop visit in Corund

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Join us to discover the rarest craft of the world, the amazing Amadou processing.

Amadou is the interior, fine texture trama hand stretched layer of the beech fungus called Fomes Fomentarius. This ancient tradition of manufacturing the amadou trama layers from the beech horse hoof fungus, it is the rarest craft of the world. This craft It is active only in the village, called Corund. It is a Hungarian inhabited village in eastern Transylvania, in the middle of Romania

The history, the tools, the products, the benefits of amadou, (the trama layer of beech fungus) are presented and you will join the live demonstration to understand how the finest organic material of the world is gained with simple tools and handwork from an apparently hard and useless mushroom from the tree.

Groups from 1 to 10 persons are taken at fixed price of 50 EUR.
Groups bigger than 10 persons have variable price/pers.
We guide in English, German, Hungarian and Romanian. 

We  offer this activity all year long, rainy, sunny or winter day, does not  matter. At least one day in advance booking is required.

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