Sânziană

Sânziană is the Romanian name for gentle fairies who play an important part in local folklore, also used to designate the Galium verum or Cruciata laevipes flowers.

[citation needed] Under the plural form Sânziene, the word designates an annual festival in the fairies' honor.

According to the official position of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the customs actually relate to the celebration of Saint John the Baptist's Nativity, which also happens on June 24.

Using the flowers they picked during the day, the girls braid floral crowns which they wear upon returning to the village at nightfall.

[2] Moldovan band Zdob şi Zdub recorded a song called Sânziene, which tells the story of a search for one's soulmate throughout a midsummer night festival.