What is "boita"

Boița (; ; ) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, at the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, 22 km south of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area, on the main road between Sibiu and the southern part of Romania, the National road 7/ European route 81, at the entrance of the Olt River defile. The commune is composed of four villages: Boița, Lazaret, Lotrioara (Latorvár) and Paltin. These were part of Tălmaciu town until 2004, when they were split off.

In 1910 the village had 1,657 inhabitants.

Boitas were larger boats and ships that were built in ancient Kalinga kingdom during the heyday of the empire.Kalinga's sea facing regions which are coastal Odisha and the adjoining tracts of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh had major trading ports for which boitas were used. Ancient Oriental traders sailed from Kalinga to distant lands such as South-East Asia for trade.