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The church in Poienile Izei is best known for these wall paintings made in 1783. The portion of the painting behind the ladder leading to the balcony has nearly worn away. The painting shows some people walking into the mouth of a fire-breathing bird. Others are being tortured by a goat headed draci (demon) for specific transgressions. For example, a man is being hung from a meat hook by his tongue, another is having his back plowed, a woman is being pressed with an iron and others are tormented for related activities performed on Sunday. Additionally, a woman is being made to eat babies for aborting them and perhaps most curious, a man has a bellows in his behind for farting in church! |