The present article is the result of a national sociological research carried out in the rural communities from the Republic of Moldova and the analysis of data taken from statistical annuals that reveal the situation of culture consumption of the people living in the countryside. The data obtained as a result of sociological research and their comparison with statistical data, bring out the fact that the transition period and the changes that took place in society have radically changed the cultural palette in the Republic of Moldova. Spare time is becoming more individualized compared to the collectivist life imposed by the Soviet Empire. Culture consumption is also acquiring a tinge that concerns, in the first place, a person or an individual taken apart and the attention / care given to culture by both the family and the public local authorities.