Contribuția etnologului Sergiu Moraru la dezvoltarea folcloristicii din Basarabia – itinerar biografic și științific

In the present study, the author traces the biographical landmarks and the preoccupations of the ethnologist Sergiu Moraru for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage by conducting field researches and scientific use of registered materials. He worked for almost 23 years in the academic field (at Department of Ethnography and Arts Study of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, then at the Folklore Sector of the Institute of Language and Literature of the ASM, at the Department of Ethnography and Arts of the Institute of Ethnography and Folklore of ASM), holding the positions: lower scientific researcher, scientific researcher. A prominent personality of Romanian folkloristics from Bessarabia, Sergiu Moraru has established himself as a prolific researcher of ethnocultural phenomena, being passionate about the species of non-occasional folklore: lyrical songs, proverbs, sayings, riddles, shouts, memories and verse letters. The scientific activity focused on several research directions: the theoretical, methodological and philosophical aspects of folklore; the genesis, evolution, typology and poetics of the lyrical song and riddles; capitalization of the folklore heritage and classical folkloristics; promotion and performance of the folk treasure in folk festivals; the permanence of popular creation in contemporaneity, etc.