off of the break documentary on transylvania and the coach little heart of romania . don't forget there's also more news on our website, the dot com. and you can always follow youtube and social media channels on british punch in the usa innovation green, the green revolution global. so listen to a lot of crime. it's probably up to speed if the carriers subscribe to those channels to subscribe to plan, it's a good 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 it's softer sides. ross of horses like a child. 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 of one day coming to an end with financial aid picked up by the cemetery is the only one in the world. but people lost my problem of them 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 a dramatic history on gary ends, germans and romanians have shaped transylvania. in the far north, on the border with ukraine is not what is the region historically? a part of transylvania is known for its skilful 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 deaf loves would 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 dest. this is especially evident in the symmetry of this village of 3000 presidents. 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 simply 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 supplied us for a son in law. you on to one day following his footsteps to do the job and 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 of this deceased woman. 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 the circus. i thought those you can the the do you mean that they're shipping us yada? yeah, cool. good off the back of those. yeah. the family asked me to make a cross that was a true memorial liar for child local exec days 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 nice this cross that it was my mother and it all 3 unit. if she live just one day, know you might be down that 3 credit that you with my there's cross yet. i'm trying to wake up for the why, she'll come back home to a new in teams may mean it. was it the but reactions for positive because it's

probably the ones that i'd written anything wrong. so no, and i thought was how she walked out is if you can check like that, but it's 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 this trunk? this is for a young man who dodge and a car accident and i wrote the following is when there are rest here are 2 young age is my name is green. cool. guy had given to me, 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 deprived me i could 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 that 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 know, separately and 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 cook, the geographically transylvania farms the center and the northwest of romania. the region surrounded by the elongated mountain ranges of the car, payphones to snap book,

as seen as the unofficial capital of transylvania. with some 325000 residents, close 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. come to papa. how do you say come to papa? who's the best way? who's to michael means? the constantine or costello, as everyone calls him, has a close, almost familial, like bond with his horses almost

any more horses are the most beautiful animals on this planet. i have 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 now adays, not only does costello 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 me your leg, the good boy, good boy. but i or, but of 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. think 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. they're 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 right up to the peaks of the car, pacey and 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 way. megan ok, now they say 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 anybody needs to chuckle to suffice same, otherwise there isn't enough money funding. we need both the sheet and the child come in and then we manage to get by. and if they do not separating like 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 wood 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 square twat air will light the fire later to do this, he needs phone dry would have a fine technique 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 for an even link visit the hold on. and he said, if i did a good job at the end of my life, until then all i can do is how water grow up in the mountains. just him and his parents. well, other children practice writing and mass twat or learn to bring $400.00 sheep safely to pasture, to make cheese out of milk and charcoal out of what? nobody really. i couldn't walk in an office. no, i need the freedom of 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 waiting 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. or finally, the lights to fire through a narrow gap in the stacked news about the vehicle mazda. i need to how are you that you know what the fuck captures? on the other side, it sounded like a, 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 lives and controls in being visible smoldering fire to prevent the stack from

going up in flames. the twat air won't know how good the charcoal will be until he reopens the stag. after 5 days. transylvania 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. a precedents could take refuge in the structures. houses of worship were

turned into proper strong holes with thick walls, observation towers, an entire neighborhood. most of the ethnic germans began leaving romania after 1970 . today. around 16000 transylvanian saxon still live 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 trans, 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 aspect. 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 office in tradition, that's west reviving the voice the hero, and that's to be that's the 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 quickly 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 my media 2 millimeters. so yeah, that's thing 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 the scenes. they're challenging. one of them. in his workshop, alex finds a suitable tool for every challenge. the 38 year old collects traditional tools from the region and repairs done. a conduct 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 to the most ext open up system. 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 gusta, we're on the tiller. she was in the largest city are sure people shake their heads when they talk about us summit. we're the ones who collect all the old junk that would normally be thrown away to make a few quick lane for scrap iron or firewood to no one's collecting this kind of stuff. so of course we're the freaks around here and see the freaks. but that's just fine. good. 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 and a few of them here especially that's my new mortgage document is the grandmother dying to know. so i came to the empty house a short time later certification live. i who faded 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 . yeah. so that it 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 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 additional transylvania tradition in the little village of suspense. dmitri pub makes it wouldn't 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.

interest from me. she what does that sound like a why 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 or something, but i'd like to at least reach his level the i'd like to achieve that. it pushes, i'm looking at a lot of like many young romanians you on worked on construction sites or funds across europe, as a migrant neighbor. 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, 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 is one problem. his skills aren't quite up to the master, is accepting standards. the sheer cynthia mazda is about the i'd like to finish chiseling the up a rece today as to whether lettering go like to go to tip 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 that the coaches 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 of my business. and i don't know if any event like this festival is unique. 50, but it's about honor and monitors it is that most of them are 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. who's the mode of on making sure everything comes together

the future and for some of the screw, this shameful 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 is my entire family always had horses and that's how they are in the living between you know, i don't study kind of voice as like a child who remembered informed forces are like members of the family for us. romano. so that 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 husband stan 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, but try not to 12 interests are of us . remember the good things. i think you up there 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 visitors do, when enough one dies, locals believe the cross as the entrance to paradise, the contrast. and what does that have to this fix?

the fact that the on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband, pain. why me? 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, but i wanna, he knows everything i thought see if that's okay, give me 115 days from when i do meet true pop knows dunkirk 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. that's what 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 as 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 know my been otherwise, and i might say, don't like that. no, no, no, no, cuz i protest this is pronunciation, the new tough, fully entrust. demitra was composing her husband's final attribute the to mary's symmetry of spencer. 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. 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 talk to you that came from cbs. because because the country is not, if we have to stop in front of our house and run me over and make my parents so side, i wouldn't go to the to didn't charge it could get in this tragic accident that happened in front of the parents of interest sent to the events like this a some painful death. such a go else cannot describe it. why should each time i read a sense of grief or touch? if is a ship intravenous, sometimes i fell off. no matter how terrible the fate 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 with 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 quote hasn't done much 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 animals alone aren't enough to make ends meet the water can't really tell what the pile looks like inside. he needs to open it the price,

and i'm starting here of the life cycle. mazda needs more time. it's not charged. you have to look at, it still would need to close the whole again, calculator, so not that sample or just like a back. otherwise, i'll smell of a flame again. no ma'am. who am i that i should for clipping and squad air gingerly closes the gap here on the left, the wood isn't yet sufficiently charged, but the embers aren't evenly distributed on the right side, it could be ready to waters hoping for partial success. at least i'm not doing like a boy now i need to see if it's worked a while. not how does it looks good and it didn't say mindful the trunk. go slowly starting to show. yeah. yeah, there's a ship that's like a move from there. it's a child this injustice came with the

i think that's very good. we call the study back. i think no matter how i strike it, it doesn't break. it's a good quality to pay for it. that $12.00 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 40 late per cent. around 8 your the and there is always a 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 that tries 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 51. in theory, 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's a small german speaking community in the region. it's a mix of transylvania, saxons, and people who have left germany to come and live here. many of them more says 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 is amazing. i can, i can picture it 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. i know you bad. 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 to his 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 get 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 forms a distinct framework because if you need something to be done that well, wonderful. yeah. and my might instead of making it yeah, the next step is for you on to apply color to the cross. the price use of the grave crosses i 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 poets 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 to me, to is a great teacher. but on to columbus plus, i'm a professor frontier one, i'm confident i'll be able to replace. i'm assuming or 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. i guess i'm the gmc session i you to my here on life to ration my name is stone gall guarantee or i'll tell you the truth because the lead my life was not easy is defined by look at

a more it didn't have such a full di shed 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 to be exact these days. 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 from like cross it to a chip that will 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

c. 2 2 g little market, the horses aren't just for sale. they also compete in a variety of contests. the animals must demonstrate their strengths and some score extra points for beauty. nowadays, the market runs itself. organizer proceeds timely, has time to devote to his own business. so people couldn't then punch in while you can, but if i like something, then i have to have it run out because still has something i really liked about you . oh cool. so the, i wish you a long live costeo. how are you? i'm very well this is the mayor. i'd like to sell also. yeah. she's a beauty. how old is she again so well just to, to use exactly the way i the she's what's your price?

i'd like 4500, but i don't know what you can afford. that's daylight robbery. we're not in germany . what's your offer? well, for the 3500 to the 33500 for this man. no. or did you look at her legs like a goddess, up, up, up 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? which photo center offers to low on the customary negotiation is underway. the mentees and provoke one another, seeing how far they can push it. a single handshake signals initial interest. after some haggling, double handshake, seal the deal. so i don't know. yeah, we're good for the level,

good level. been very pleased 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. when i get the bottle. but it opened up was the selling the mirror was meter sweet to allow me they wanted me to is that those that adults use the car, but i know where she's going, but it opened the door, them over with him. she won't have to work in the forest, she won't be, they'll go into the country in a bunch. and it was like a father in his child exact effect, because i wouldn't entrust my daughter to a bad man that the gentle good bible is there. no bought this useful home audio, that's the way it is with my horse as to the early evening and cos dennis returning test, barman horses and cures. 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 into the conflict. so with jim sebastian presidential election is in russia use also gone concerns is there's nothing left to charles, not even the best in jail of the leading opposition figure. i'll explain about me. my guest is the russian commentator andre can last week all the time. he rushing your agent center in moscow was nevada is such a serious threat to put in the city. it has to be to conflict in, says jimenez on d w. but we'll tell here we are happy that we are boxing the story. we have a getting

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