aircraft in southern russia, killing everyone on board, including $65.00 ukrainian prisoners. keith chooses moscow are playing with ukrainian lives and as did domestic and international investigation of dex. the intriguing traditions and in the was force of transylvania. dr. phil takes us on a trip to romania. thanks for watching. the name is the calls back. said wow, thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. as soon about saying it loud. as would it be nosy bay, like good everyone to king to check out the award winning called called the called back the there are some places just about everyone is heard of. but

few truly no one such place as transylvania male dominated culture that nevertheless has its softer sides. ross of horses like a child's horses are like members of the family for us. romano. transylvania is a region with a long history and 5 for in traditions. it's a place where people enjoy life and are even at peace with the idea that one day coming to an end with financial aid, they could buy it. you know, a cemetery is the only one in the world, but people love my problem of across the away from the cities. some places appear almost frozen in time, right in the heart of your

the the low hanging clouds of most sinister legends, vampire stories. transylvania is perhaps best known for the saga of count dracula. brand castle is marketed as the counts home, but the region has much more to offer than spooky mets. its magnificent buildings are the backdrop to a dramatic history on gary ends, germans and romanians have shaped transylvania. in the far north, on the border with ukraine is not on board as the region historically. a part of transylvania is known for its skillful crafts people and the elaborate wooden church is recognized by unesco. this world heritage sites

in the small orthodox christian community of serpents, residents believe that death loves wood. they say that the whole of human life, from the credit to the coffin, is bound up with wood. and people here have an unusual view of dest. this is especially evident in the symmetry of this village of 3000 precedents. when a person dies, they get their very own personal memorial. a lovingly carved brightly painted wooden cross, a picture, and a poem, each one unique. tell the story of the deceased. honestly, i'm time play for better or for worse. for 45 years to meet you. pop has been carving crosses here a place the locals called the mary symmetry. this makes some something of a village chronicler. the plan is for a son in law,

you want to one day follow in his footsteps. to do the job. one needs to know a lot about the people that's offensive. well this is the new when i split the dean, this is the whole village knows the story, this deceased women. good because everyone knew how badly she treated the family, especially son in law and control. she repulsed him around and find me to have the dogs touch it, but then people knocked him for him to soccer. so i thought as you can, the did you mean that they're shipping us outta yeah, cool. good off the back of the family asked me to make a cross that was a true memorial liar for chat local executives when yeah, yeah. she lou matt and chip outside of the day. i think i was like a and this is yeah. so it's a, this all colors, silver chest. it's a neat this cross that lies my mother and it all these unit. if she'd live just one day meal, you might be down that we could help you with mothers cross. that's the tried to

wake up that otherwise she'll come back home to a new in tease may mean it was it the but a reactions for positive because it's probably the ones that i'd written anything wrong. so no, no problems. how she walked out is if you can say, like god, they put us on it's demitra alone, who decides which life event commemorates the deceased and above all, what information is included in the short poem? yes, and what about this, on a district? this is for a young man who dodge and a car accident. and i wrote the following is national. i rest here to young age is my name is green cool guy and get my know may i probably put myself an expensive car much mercedes didn't last, long. queen died in my car flat before it did even left last night when life came to an end. so i think with the phone, you know, i'd at least have a bride media, but now i'm not even mike, right? preferred to net quasi final words of remembrance since

here, but with a wink and a notch. but to meet you has no intention of mocking the deceased. he carves paints and writes with one overarching aspiration, cook, underneath the day as the, the due to the idea is to change people's perspective on past the notion, a mary symmetry is the only one in the world, but people off about that rather than cry, no stipulation, just taking the sorrow out of death emission that became his life's work. over the years, the 67 year old has made a name for himself across romania check, a geographically transylvania farms, the center and the northwest of romania. the region surrounded by the elongated

mountain ranges of the carpet and the fusion apple got as seen as the unofficial capital of transylvania. with some 325000 residents. clues, it's romania, 2nd largest city and the cultural economic and scientific center of transylvania. the formerly known as cows and book, it was founded by german settlers and the 13th century. the grand buildings and the old town testified to its great regional significance. today, it's mostly young people out and about on the streets. clues is a university city representing a young and modern transylvania, an exception innovation that's for the most part room and traditional

in the small towns and villages. there's an incredible sense of peace and quiet here. people still have time for at least they take it on the roads there almost as many carriages as there are cars. horses are closely linked to the regions history to this day in transylvania. they're not just an important mode of transport. they're also a state of constantine ramos, is the proud owner of $31.00 horses. his farm isn't far from clues, side below. ha, ha, ha ha. come to papa. how do you say come to papa? who's the best way? who's to michael? meantime, huh. constantine or costello,

as everyone calls him, has a close, almost familial, like bond with his horses almost not even horses are the most beautiful animals on this planet. i've loved horses since i was a kid. pretty mother when i was 8. i bought myself a donkey. i couldn't afford anything more delicate, bought the food to a now a days. not only does costello have enough money to pursue his passion, he's also turned into a source of income, easton breeding and selling horses for 30 years. he lost a hey look here. so we the guy, come to papa, let give me your leg, the good boy a good boy. but i but of those he's still young because if you don't train him now he'll kick you in the face later. you have to learn now that they

just like a child that deal but as much as he correspond to the animals at some point, it's time to let them go. one of the reasons most important markets is taking place tomorrow. stella, the mirror is due to change, hands for the negotiations are already in full swing until the part that means i've asked for 4500 years. i don't know if i'll get that. i have to convince the buyer in person. i'll try and negotiate the highest possible price only the potential buyer wants to see some new photos before meeting the horse tomorrow and the flash coastal rates from my desk, send me crazy. a traditional romanian freed originally used us working animals today to primarily a status symbol at the upcoming horse market and g low. they're highly priced.

transylvania means beyond the far like i think old carpet farse cover large areas of to reach you right up to the peaks of the car. pacey in mountains. the few people who settled here live with and from nature. it sounds romantic, but it's not so easy. it's 6 in the morning, the start of the working day for shepherd to our desktop bush. even though today's work is little out of the ordinary for mega, ok now. it's going to be a tough thing and that's just the way to sort. i couldn't make it, i'll feel i work in my bones this evening. i was there, but that's okay. father can't live from his cheap alone with every 2 months. he steps off to a spire site to make charcoal the

but that's like i put in the pushes. so if, if you need to chuckle to suffice same, otherwise there isn't enough money funding. we need both the sheet. i'm the child coughing and then we managed to get by and if so they did not know. but anyway, you know, some 12, there's family farm is located high up in the mountains besides cheap, she owns goats, pigs. and if you heck, there's a forest, meaning he has what at his disposal, with the source material at hand. try derek and get started. he gradually piles up several tons of phone dry wood. the center, what's known as the quando shaft is crucial. it square twat air will light the fire later to do this, he needs phone dry would have a fine take me and this secret ingredient,

just the funds on to foster one by one water and this helper stacked the logs in a circle around the core. it looks simple, but it demands great concentration. the spacing is crucial to close and not enough oxygen will reach the core too far apart and it will burn on even link. doesn't bumped within the hold on. let me see if i did a good job at the end. i come on up until then. all i can do is how twaddle grow up in the mountains. just him and his parents. well, other children, practice writing and mass, todd air learn to bring $400.00 sheep safely to pasture, to make cheese out of milk and charcoal out of foot. don't want to read. i couldn't walk in an office. no, i need the freedom and the fresh air out here in nature the most everyone can live in the city anyway. now hold on the stack is almost

finished. a pile of wood, wayne tons with ventilation shafts to water covers it 1st with straw. and then with cold, ash and soil. this protects the wood from wind and moisture. finally, he lights the fire through a narrow cabin, the stacked news about the vehicle mazda. i need to how are you the more so the fuck catchers on the other side of van. is that good? oh, is it just the front of zillow fishing and mounted? and the flames go out quickly, but the embers continued to glow beneath the dome,

where there's just enough oxygen, disco, life and controls in being visible, smouldering fire to prevent the stack from going up in flames. twat air won't know how good the charcoal will be until he reopens the stag after 5 days. transel dania has been the backdrop of an eventful history. romania is best. phone region is a melting pot of different european peoples. the culture of the regions, ethnic germans as entrenched here to this day there are more than 150, preserved fortified churches here an impressive legacy of the chancel vein and saxons . they were built around the 15th century to defend against ottoman invasion. and towns like beauty done or a cd swat of residents could take refuge in the structures. houses of worship were

turned into proper strong holes with thick walls, observation, towers, and entire neighborhoods. most of the ethnic germans began leaving romania after 1970. today around 16000 transylvanian saxon still live in the region. are in the village of king, quote, 2 of them are going back to their routes. molina and alex how that want to preserve the culture and language of their ancestors? in particular, the artisan traditions of the tron, sylvania, in fact, since the together, they're renovating the house. that once belonged to my lee and his grandparents with old materials and tools when possible. they're currently working on a wooden pavilion, the whole phone. another challenge is when you work with old materials,

it's quite normal that nothing fits and everything is crooked because everything was crafted by hands, almost always in the water. well carpenter, alex takes care of practical aspects. malayna goes on a daily treasure hunt for old items. her latest find antique doors and matching windows. she's also discovered evidence of their historic value. i'm trying to move for an afternoon web students to show me that we found the exact technical drawing in the carpenter's book from 1874 funds in done that provide things like this of proof that here in this region of transylvania and romania there's an old opposite tradition, that's west reviving the voice the hero, and that's to be, that's a believe. and in the renovation project, the habits utilize their ancestors materials and know how as a way of building sustainably while saving money. these fines very nearly became

firewood. yeah, this is victoria smith and this yes. so it's a great piece of work in terms of craftsmanship and design checklist. it's a real tricia that survive to more than 100 years out in it. but there's still quite a bit of work to do before alex can fit the doors into the woodman frames. it's going in me, me 2 millimeters. so yeah, that's staying put, let him all the problems disrupts too long and the joint has the wrong dimensions. but alex is not giving up, they're not just seems they're challenging. one of them. in his workshop, alex finds a suitable tool for every challenge to 38 year old collects traditional tools from

the region and repairs done. conductors and best of the cutting it from the old tools are better to some of the quality of steel as veterans. they're much more robust than the standard tools you can buy everywhere these dates and come on wednesday. and if they're old and from the village, it's safe to say they were made by a village blacksmith with a particular craftsman in mind. you must, ex, doesn't up because don't so he'd never give them anything shot because the 2 of them would see each other almost every day. the unconventional project has long been the subject of village gossip, or on a visit to look at the city for sure. people shake their heads when they talk about us. i mean, we're the ones who collect all the old junk that would normally be thrown away to make a few quick lane for a scrap iron or firewood to no one's collecting this kind of stuff. so of course, where the freaks around here can see the freaks, but that's just twice quotes. so alex was

born in brush of marlena. in bucharest, they were raised bilingually. but living in germany was never an option for them. their roots to their romanian homeland. drum deep and money, nephews them here especially that's why i no longer start my list. and when i grandmother died to nasa, i came to the empty house a short time later certification live. i who fade into a very difficult time in my life that much it should be against that solely mentally. well, a time when i was wondering who i was and what i was actually doing the oh, yeah. so nobody gave me. so i wasn't so conscious of it at the time,

but it turned out to be a wonderful dream. and so my main estate, but realizing her dream became more complicated than expected, the couple kept coming up against new unforeseen problems. that's not why i like it, or is it the nails from alex's supply? don't fit they won't be able to continue working on the wooden frames for the pavilion. while melina and alex tried to find a solution for the to the noise. people are also working to preserve another, or it has no chance of being in tradition in the little village of suspense. dmitri, pub, mixers, would it be processed for the deceased? he's been doing it for 45 years. he feels those sierras and his phones. it's important to him that the tradition is passed on. his son in law is to take over

the reins. a huge honor for the young man. and from me, she was last time r k y. that is, that's a big responsibility for me. for me. that's the wonderful uh huh. a dental care that i'm not setting out to be better than my predecessor, but i'd like to at least reach his level. i'd like to achieve that. it pushes i'm a couple. i just have a rough, like many general maintenance you on worked on construction sites or fines across europe as a migrant labor. his home village couldn't secure him a future neither personally nor financially. i've told him at do me to his daughter and started helping out in the workshop cuz she worked with across has gave me a purpose of mice again. so that's why i decided to stay in pensa. i felt at home

here again, it was very difficult for me before you spend demetrius apprentice for 2 years, and will ideally take over the job soon. but there is one problem. his skills aren't quite up to the master is exacting standards. the she has frontier mazda is the fact that i'd like to to finish chiseling the reef, to dice the, with the lettering. go like to pretty good the tip and i hope it works out. but that i'm nearly done here. you, once you've done that much, you can help me with the painting it pick to it up the coaches to come. so i'll do my best on this cross as to be a final memorial to partridge family. friend the of the

the g low horse market is a combination of trade show and family reunion. it's already packed, just like every year. and traders are still trying to secure an area on the field, which is much too small. the much too small, the cost down the horse speedo from who's estimates again. but he's determined to find a spot the point you might be less than 50. i don't know if any event like this festival is unique, 50, but it's about honor and monitors. it is the same on a lot of money. who costello's hoping to sell one of his best mares today?

the potential buyer is also the organizer of the market. the mode of making sure everything comes together the future and for some of the screw, this jingle on this thing, i can put into words how important this market is to me. it's in my blood. oh, sometimes my father, my grandfather in my entire family always had horses and that's how they are in the living between, you know, i don't see any kind of voice. it's like a child or maybe looking for my courses or like members of the family for us romano . so that was really for me to as this interval will see, belongs to the romani ethnic with like almost all those taking part in the market. the 1st through many people arrived in transylvania in the mid 14th century from india and anatolia horse trading as one of this ethnic minorities oldest and most respected professions. with a lot of fanfare,

the men try to get potential buyers to notice their voices. negotiations are conducted in a rather approved manner. enough few for such a 3000 fuel chunk scoundrel, 4000. eventually, at double handshake, seals the deal and the tone becomes friendlier. the course treating of the male domain in a culture that's generally dominated by man. aside from money, this business is also about socializing. the market is the get together of the year for the romani. they each drink and party into the night in pensa, it's a different atmosphere. the village in northern pennsylvania is in morning. a member of the close knit community died just a week ago. the widow newtown,

has commissioned across for husband stan cork. everyone's still in shock. he was only 57 years old, and infection resulted in oregon failure. the community and looked at club, but no one saw it coming. you know, if you'd only complains about the pain earlier, if he'd been at the hospital sooner, but it was already too late. his entire body was infected. well, not students of sat in suspense, a people have an unusual i to to, to death say more, trying not to 12 and the sort of us remember the good things. i think if there's so many photos of it, i check one of our grand daughters just one year old. here i check with slash the widow new to has asked me to pop to make across. as all the villagers do,

when enough one dies, locals believe the cross as the entrance to paradise, the contrast and what is as i thought this fixed capacity on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband. he knew of me, i'm not worried, he knows i trust dimitra with all my heart. he says he knows the story of every person he makes across for which is tedious. from here he was a friend of my husband's name, but i wanna you knows everything as bookkeepers. okay. gimme 115 days to meet you pop, no scan card. okay. and his wife, well, he was at their wedding and their children's baptisms. well, demetrius son in law works on the carving, dmitri will write a poem about his departed friend, which is a site survey. and so i was trying to westside when a family member process, i didn't, i mean, we'll miss it. i'm the to the up. i don't highlight it and if i mean on this occasion to dimitry a little remain true test principles say so sort of pieces,

whatever are really from across it to that there's always a surprise for the family into my media. they only see the cross at this stage. and then again, once it's completely finished the crew, i've never shown as a problem before. i knew my been otherwise, and i might say don't, right, that's on it. no, no, no, no, cuz i protest this is pronunciation, the new tough, fully entrust. demitra was composing her husband's final tribute the to mary's cemetery ups up. and so it's one of a kind like an open book where visitors can read about the late residents of the village, the orthodox christian community facing desk, with openness and humor. and there's a lesson in there for the living or

to meet you knows how tough life can be. pretty always tries to see the bright side . apart from when there is nothing cheerful or humorous to say, as in the case of this little girl. right, just vanessa. i've done it. how talk to you that came from cbs to the biggest. the country is now we have to stop in front of our house and run me over and make my parents so side i wouldn't dare to to didn't. and you could get in this tragic accident that happened in front of the parents and interest and took the events like this as some painful death touch it go, else cannot describe it. why should each time i read a sense of grief or touch? i'm so busy shipping to minutes sometimes you know how but no matter how terrible the state to

meet, you must always find words. but he unfastened the, including now for the death of his friend, stan, go to the embers in the charcoal pile of 12 dear top ash has been burning for 5 days. few layer tons of wood to build the stack. also known as a clump quad or smoking as animals quickly today. because his instinct is telling him it's time to open the club by full mouth, but yeah, for me i can never be so you'll get a good results that sometimes the cool doesn't done was have some dilute stays as it has taken a lot of good feeling we've been trying to put some of the money from the sale of the charcoal as an important source of income for to water and his family. the animal is alone, aren't enough to make ends meet. the water. can't really

tell what the pile looks like inside it. needs to open it, the price, and i'm starting here. the life cycle mazda needs more time. it's not showing. yeah. they look, it's still would need to close the whole again. category, so not good at san for just like a back. otherwise, i'll smell of a flame again. no ma'am. who am i? that i should suad, eric gingerly closes the gap. here on the left, the wood isn't yet sufficiently chart, but the embers aren't even the distributed. on the right side it could be ready to waters hoping for partial success. at least it's gotten like a boy. now i need to see if it's worked here or not. how does it looks good? it didn't say a lot for the trunk. go slowly starting to show. yeah, yeah, there's

a ship. sounds like a moving from there. it's a job this and just as good with the i think that's very good job. call the study back. i think no matter how i strike it, it doesn't break, but it's a good quality. so you thought that that water is family is one of about 20 living in the mountains isolated from the rest of civilization. they rely on each other to survive. water supplies them with his charcoal for 14 a percent around 8. your the and there is always fuel in the house for cooking supper today as much incredible sheets. now the between the sheets

and the charcoal water is confident, how always be able to feed his family here, tucked away in the mountains of transylvania. the as in ching cool. it's also time to get cooking like her approach to house renovation . melinda, have tried to use what's on hand for her meals today. she's prepping a wine. so a typical dish that her ancestors would have eaten to boost their immune systems. especially when they had a cold to care for the trans. sylvania and saxons are known to be frugal when it comes to that cuisine one, pick it up, this is canals or the alpha that means using and can see what's available. i'm just

used my name is cooking ahead of time because she has an important appointment today. work on the old pavilion hasn't been progressing. alex couldn't find the right nails for the job. the blacksmith friend should be able to help. he's going to make them custom nails. the head can be slightly bigger. and that's a 50 the radically, the head can be just as big thomas thing strikes the iron heated to around 1350 degrees in the fire into the males. precise conical shape, there's a small german speaking community in the region. it's a mix of transel vanya saxons, and people who have left germany to come and live here. many of them work has

crafts, people for artist, a sincere. it is slow. oh, wow, super cool. oh wow. the new nails and the old doors fit perfectly the the story pavilion project is finally coming along. amazing. i can, i can picture it's properly now. it's going to be great. we've got a reason to celebrate to wait and i'm going and going so far. no problem. you bet. hm, lou. well then let's talk in a couple of things. their friends and helpers with wind soup and cake. their dream of a house with a rich back story and the home of their ancestors is taking shape the

and spencer a new date ons. to meet you, pop is finding the right words for the attribute as late friend as apprentice you on is making the final touches to the cross. the new one is under a great deal of pressure just after all, demitra count. retire until his son in law is able to fashion an entire cross on his own. the more to look regarding this, and again, it's not perfect is there are a few small mistakes. if you look closely, jeanette, the most important thing is the, this line here is perfectly straight. so it forms a distinct framework because if you and you've certainly done that well, wonderful. yeah, my might instead of making it yeah, the next step is for you on to apply color to the cross.

the bright hughes of the grave crosses are just as unusual as the poems and portraits are you on is getting better all the time. but no one becomes a village chronicler and poet overnight. she don't know i'm with, i'm still a beginner. there are many tricks and techniques left for me to learn normal things, but i'm in the best position possible because demetrius is a great teacher. but on to columbus pull some professional frontier. well, i'm confident i'll be able to replace. i'm assuming. oh, so then what's good? a good equipment demitra has written around 500 times during his career. this fun was especially difficult, but now he thinks he's found the right words. yes, i'm not the cmc session. i you to my here on life to

rash. my name is stone gold guarantee, or i'll tell you the truth because the lead my life was not easy. it was defined by look at it more than i had such a full di share. that's why i'm lying and coughing. now. she the only nice thing i love to see if i make snaps from my own apple office. most lovely is with the least showing that you can use do we accept these ties? i sometimes wonder what i'll leave behind that. i'm put, you know, i don't know how many more years i have left. but luckily, i've got someone to take, of course, if i could, okay. if the, if he actually would much could in between the time, come and see him. i do hope you want to write the truth, so i'm like, cross it to a chip. it'll be up into coach on the truth about a life in just

a few words. that's no simple feet for to meet you and you on life isn't solely about the highest or the lowest, which is why there will always be space for both at the mary symmetry. and so pensa c. 2 c 2 g little market, the horses aren't just for sale. they also compete in a variety of contents. the animals must demonstrate their strengths and some score extra points for beauty. nowadays, the market runs itself. organizer proceed finally has time to devote to his own business. so people couldn't do lots of july, you can, but if i like something then i have to have it run out because still has something i really like lot you cool. cool. so the yeah, i wish you a long live close though. how are you? i'm very well this is the mayor. i'd like to sell. so yeah, she's

a beauty. how old is she again so well just to, to use exactly the way i the, the, she's what your price. i'd like 4500, but i don't know what you can afford. it's daylight robbery. we're not in germany. what's your offer? 3500 to the 33500 for this man. no. what was the deliberate her legs like a goddess of the children? bully for yourself. look at it. take a close look at the se. the, the, she kind of what's your final price of the photo center offers to low of the customary negotiation is underway. the mentees and provoke one another, seeing how far they can push it. a single hand check signals initial interest.

after some haggling, couple handshake seals the deal. so i don't know. yeah, we're good for the level. good level. been very pleased with that. we agreed on $3750.00 euro, so that's a fair price for both of us up to set you that the mirror is a perfect fit for my breathing program. when i get the bottle. but it opened up was the selling. the mayor was meter sweeties, they loved me, they wanted me to is that those are those easy car, but i know where she's going, but it opened the door them away with him, does. she won't have to work in the forest. she won't be the crushing the bucks and it looks like a father in his child's exact opposite, cuz i wouldn't entrust my daughter to a bad man that the gentleman could buy bose and nobody has his own home audio. that's the way it is with my horses to guide the early

evening and cos tennis, returning test, farm and horses in choose. there is pride and joy and one important part of transylvania is fiber and culture. and many here are doing all they can to preserve that culture. the go india one to noon, the city of a 1000 leagues. now the waters stairs and the sources that remain are polluted. but nature may be able to provide the solution address pollution coming home faced, want to have to be equal in

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