that's ridiculous for reasons insights bill gets problems with the house. that's how it works. andre, thank you very much for talking with us today. that was andre. i'll show ruskie a nuclear waste expert from the russian associated ecological union. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. the driven by greed in the 2000 the storage of band engaged in various high risk business practices raised for ever higher profit. and then the ethic to mind of a determined institution. the dodge of bank story starts may 2nd on the w the there are some places just about everyone has heard of but few truly no one such place is transylvania

male dominated culture that nevertheless has its softer sides. some of these up rows 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 brand 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 that i see that, you know cemetery is the only one in the world. but people lot of my problem of across the away from the cities. some places appear almost frozen in time. right in the heart of europe, the,

the, the low hanging clouds of mist, sinister legends, vampire stories. transylvania is perhaps best known for the saga of count dracula. fran 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 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 squirreled 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 crib to the coffin is bound up with wood. and people here have an unusual view of death. this is especially evident in the symmetry of this village of 3000 precedents. when a person dies to 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, implacably, for better or for worse. for 45 years to meet you, pop has been carving crosses here a place the locals call the mary symmetry. this makes them something of a village chronicler. the plan is for a son in law, you on to one day follow in his footsteps to do the job. and one needs to know

a lot about the people that's offensive. well, this is the new going to split the dean. this is, the whole village knows the story is this deceased women because everyone knew how badly she treated the family, especially son in law and quinton. she repulsed him around it and find me to have to tons touch it. but then people knocked him for him to sort this out such as you can the, the do you mean that they're shipping us yada? yeah, cool. good off the back of the family asked me to make a cross that was a true memorial life for child 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 calorie silver chest. it's a neat this cross at chip law as my mother and it all 3 unit if she'd live just one day know you might be down 3 credit to you with mothers cross yet. i'm trying to wake up, otherwise she'll come back home to a new and tease me. i mean,

it was it the but reactions are 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, got that persona, it's demitra alone, who decides which life event commemorates the deceased and above all, what information is included in the short poem? yes, if, what about this on this trunk? 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. i get one on the property. put myself an expensive car much mercedes didn't last long. queen died in my car for that before did even left last night when life came to an end. so i was the only i'd at least have a bride me. i could. now i'm not even my grinding preferred an to near 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 check underneath the day as the, the due to the idea is to change people's perspective on bass. and who is your name? 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, a mission 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

a scene that's the unofficial capital of transylvania. with some 325000 residence 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 is the best day whose time i come into the constantine? or costello, as everyone calls and has a close, almost familial like bond with his horses

killing my for most of the most horses are the most beautiful animals on this planet. i have loved horses since i was a kid. 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 cost, i'll have enough money to pursue his passion. he's also turned into a source of income, eastern breeding, and selling horses for 30 years. the the list of, hey look here. so we the guy, come to papa. let give me your leg, the good boy, a good boy. but i. but as those he's still young because that if you don't train him now he'll kick you in the face later. you have to learn now the thing just like a child the 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 stick old carpet farse cover large areas of to reach 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 a little out of the ordinary. 40 megabyte. ok, now. it's going to be a tough thing and that's just the way to sort. i couldn't make it well. field work in my bones this evening, but that's ok. father can't live from his cheap alone with every 2 months. he steps off to a spire site to make the 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 and the child car. and then we managed to get by and if they didn't know so but anyway, you know, some others 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 tried eric 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's squared water will light the fire later to do this. he needs phone dry wood. i refined technique and this secret ingredient to the doctor foster,

one by one water and his helper stacked the logs in a circle around the corps. 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. isn't something with a lower 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. no, i really, i couldn't walk in an office. no, i need the freedom and the fresh air out here in nature, and most everyone can live in the city anyway. no, 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, the lights the fire through a narrow cabin, the stacked news about the vehicle model. i need to how are you the more so the fun catchers on the other side of fan is that good, otherwise it will just be the front of the low fission amount of that the and the flames go out quickly, but the embers continue to glow beneath the dome where there's just enough oxygen disco lice and controlling the invisible 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 stack. after 5 days. transel dania has been the backdrop of an eventful history. romania is best known region is a melting pot of different european peoples, the culture of the region's 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 lives in the region or 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 chance of being, in fact, sense 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 or the 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 friends in done that provide things like this of proof that here in this region of transylvania and romania there's an old office and 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, well saving money. these fines very nearly became firewood. yeah, this is typically 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 suffice for 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. so it's going in my media 2 millimeters. so yeah, that's thing put lot of all the problems disrupts too long and the joint has the wrong dimensions. but alex is not getting out there, 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 them. i think that that was investigated,

credited from the old tools are better to some of the quality of steel is better and they're much more robust than the standard tools. you can buy everywhere these dates and come on and, 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 1000 up cuz don't so he never give them anything shouting because the 2 of them would see each other almost every day. the unconventional project has long been the subject of village gossip. phyllis risen to look to see if you are sure people shake their heads when they talk about us. some were 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 fine. good. so alex was born in but our shots marlena in bucharest they were raised bilingually.

but living in germany was never an option for them. their roots to their romanian homeland. randy and my name feels them here especially that's my new mortgage document. is the grandmother died now, so i came to the empty house a short time, late to certification letter for who said in some other, very difficult time in my life that much i should wait against that solely mentally . well, a time when i was wondering who i was, what i was actually doing the oh yeah. oh my god, me so i wasn't so conscious of it at the time. but it turned out to be a wonderful dream. and so malayna state.

but realizing her dream became more complicated than expected, the couple kept coming up against new unforeseen problems. that's not why late or is it the nails from alex to supply don't fit. they won't be able to continue working on the wooden frames for the pavilion. well molina 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 to meet you. pop makes us what do we process for the disease? 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 for a huge honor for the young man,

the interest from me. she lives that time i k y. that is, that's a big responsibility for me. i mean, if 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 either. i'd like to achieve that. it pushes, i'm a cadillac, like many young romanians you on worked on construction sites or funds across europe, as a migrant neighbor. his home brothers couldn't secure him a future, neither personally nor financially, told him at dmitri his daughter and started helping out in the workshop. cuz she worked with across his gave me a purpose of mice again. so that's why i decided to stay in pensa. i felt at home here again, and then it was very difficult for me before you spend demetrius apprentice for 2

years and will ideally take over the job soon. but there's one problem. his skills aren't quite up to the master, is accepting standards. the she has frontier mazda is about the i'd like to finish chiseling the up a rece today as to whether lettering go like to go to tape and i hope it works out . but i'm nearly done here. you. once you've done that much, you can help me with the painting victoria 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 cost down to horse speedo from push is late again, but he's determined to find a spot the point it might be less than $50.00. i don't know if any event like this festival is unique, 50 bucks. it's about honor and monitor the whole so same on a lot of money, who costello's hoping to sell one of his best merits 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 shingles on this thing i can put into words how important this market is. to me. it's in my blood or something. my father, my grandfather is my entire family, always had horses and that's how they are in the living between you know, i don't study voices like a child. remember looking for me. courses are like members of the family for us romano. so that was really for me to, to listen to them. we'll see, belongs to the romani ethnic group 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 crude manner. enough few for such

a. 3000 fuel chunk scoundrel, 4000. eventually a double handshake, seals the deal, and the tone becomes friendlier. the horse trading as a 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 money. they each drink and party into the night. it just depends. 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 has been stand cork. everyone's still in shock. he was only 57 years old,

and infection resulted in oregon failure committee. jim looked at close with no one saw it coming general. 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 attitude to death, say more, trying not to 12 interests are 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 by the window 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 contrasts

. and what does that have to fix the fact that the on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband? he knew, i mean, i'm not worried because i trust to meet your with all my heart. and he says he knows the story of every person he makes across for hutchins changes from here. he was a friend of my husband and they wanna, he knows everything i thought see if that's okay them. what? 15 days from when i do meet true pop, nurse don clark and his wife, well, he was at their wedding and their children's baptisms. while demetrius son in law works on the carving, dmitri will write a poem about his departed friend, just as types of things. i was trying to waste side when a family member process. i didn't, i mean, we'll miss it. i'm the to the up. i don't have that. and if i mean on this occasion to dimitry a little remain true, test principles say so. so to present whatever on role it's on the cross 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 know my, but otherwise i might say don't, right? that's what i had. no, no, no, no, cuz i protested, this is this pronunciation, the new tough, fully entrust. demitra was composing her husband's final attribute the to mary's symmetry 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 communities facing tests with openness and humor. and there's a lesson in there for the living or to meet you knows how tough life can be. but he 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 and how the taxi that came from cbs, because because the country is now if we have to stop in front of our house and then run me over and make my parents so side, i wouldn't go to the to didn't judge it could get in this tragic accident that happened in front of the parents of interest and to the events like this a some painful death, touch it go, else cannot describe it. why should each time i read the sense of grief or touch? if is a chip intravenous integrity of how often when no matter how terrible the fate to meet, you must always find words but the unprofitable, including now for the death of his friend, stan,

good. the embers and the charcoal pile of 12 deer top ash has been burning for 5 days. few layer tons of wood to build the stack, also known as a clump waters smoking us animals quickly today. because his instinct is telling him, it's time to open the club by full mouth, but now for me i can never be so you'll get a good result. sometimes the cold has been done up in the wood, 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 you needs to open it. the price, i mean,

i'm starting here. why is that need more time? it's not showing you how to do it still would need to close the whole again. calculator, so no, do it that sample or just take it back. otherwise i'll smell of a flame again. no ma'am. who am i? but i simple, quick thing in swat air. 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 i'm 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. it's and just as good with the

i think that's very good, which i will call the study back. i think no matter how i strike it, it doesn't break. it's a good quality to pay for that. that water assembly 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 40 late per cent. 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, cole, 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 jeremy and 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, empty, or radically the head can be just as big toe mustang strikes the iron heated to around 1350 degrees in the fire, into the nails. precise conical shape. there is 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 or says crafts people per 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. is amazing. i can, i can picture it's properly now. it's going to be great. we've got a reason to celebrate. don't 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 insur, pensa, and new date ons. to meet you pop is finding the right words for the attribute to his late friend. as apprentice you on it's 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 that this line here is perfectly straight so that it forms a distinct framework because if you need something to be 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 price use of degree of 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 couldn't, nor 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 demitria is a great teacher. but on to columbus pulls, i'm a professor frontier. what i'm confident i'll be able to replace. i'm assuming also 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. i guess i'm not the gmc session. i you to my here on life to rash. my name is stone goal guarantee, or i'll tell you the truth because the lead my life was not easy. it was defined by

look at a more it didn't have such a full di share. that's why i'm lying and coughing. now. she the only nice thing i love. if that makes schnapps from my own apple office, most lovely his widow will be pleased showing that you cannot 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 buffy actually would much cut in between the time comments, so you might just hope you want to write the truth, some 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 demitra 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

of the. 2 2 at zillow 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 proceeds 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. oh 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, but 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. you know 33500 for this man. no. or did you look at her legs like a goddess of the children? bully for yourself, looking to take a close look at the se of the she kind of what's your final price? which 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 euro. so that's a fair price for both of us up to set you that the mirror is a perfect fit for my breeding program. that will be available. but it will kind of pulls the selling. the mirror was meter sweeties, the those the adults use the car, but i know where she's going, but it open the door, them over with him. she won't have to work in the forest. she won't be beat the cushion a bunch. and it was like a father in his child exact, that's a because 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 horse has to go by the early evening and cos tennis. returning test, farm, and horses and tours. there is pride and joy and one important part of transylvania

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