Junii Brașoveni, Junii Brașovului or Junii din Șcheii Brașovului şi Brașovul vechi is a group of horsemen from Șcheii Brașovului, today with a ceremonial function, which, every year, parades on the streets of Brașovului . Their holiday, according to some sources, would be a complex of customs that combine pre-Christian practices with Christian manifestations to recount the ancient myth of the death and ritual rebirth of calendar time. Juni Brașoveni, delegates to the Great National Assembly from Alba Iulia from 1918
The Juns are today grouped in seven groups or groups of horsemen, organized from a legal point of view in societies, whose mission is to preserve and promote the traditions of Șcheii Brașovului and Brașovul veche , therefore it can be argued that the juniors also perform a ceremonial function , resuming and practicing old rituals every year.
The most famous traditional event of the Juniors is the “Horse Day” or the “Descent into the Citadel” as it is also known the horse parade of the Jun groups through Șchei, but also on the streets of the fortress of Brașov . Their feast of Tomii Sunday is unique in the space of Romanity.
Every year, in Șcheii Brașovului, on the first Sunday after the Eastern Easter, on Tomii Sunday, both the people of Brașov and the tourists attend the “Horseback Riding Day” as a unique traditional event, a magnificent event with elements of myth, pre-Christian rituals, but also Christian ceremonial, all being specific to the mythical-religious thinking of the Romanians.
