The leader of the group carries a wooden star called Steaua, which is attached to a pole. The star is wrapped in metal foil and decorated with ribbons, bells, and an image of the festivity.
Explanation:
Children in the Romanian villages during Christmas travel from house to house singing traditional carols and reciting poetry. The leader of the group carries a big s handmade star that the children decorate with ribbons, bells and in the center has a Christmas related image. To be seen, they attach it to a wooden stick so that the leader can carry it high.
