by over tourism, you're watching the news of next day dw documentary on transylvania, the cultural heart of romania for all of us here in berlin. thanks for the company . we'll see you next on the, the big ocean, the view companies play a role in the destruction of the rain forest. the letter for luxury cost often comes from illegal capital funds in the amazon. yet to supply chains does matter to the view industry. the illegal as a stats may said on dw, the or the there are some places just about everyone has heard of. but few truly no one such place is transylvania

male dominated culture that never the less has it 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 pfeifer and 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 cemetery is the only one in the world, but people lost my problem of them crossing the away from the cities. some places appear almost frozen in time. right. in the heart of europe, the

low hanging clouds of mist, 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 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 skilful crafts people and the elaborate wooden church is recognized by unesco squared 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 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 some something of a village chronicler. the plan is for a son in law, you on to one day following his footsteps to do the job. one needs to know

a lot about the people that's offensive. well, this is the new gonna 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 her son in law and control. she repulsed him around it and find me to have to talk to chandler and pick him up to him for him to soccer. so i thought this, 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 chad. no cool exec data 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 that if she live just one day meal you oh hi, be down that we credit the use with my this cross shirts then tried to wake up. otherwise she'll come back home to renew it and tease me. mean it was it the but

a reaction is positive because it's probably the ones that i'd written anything wrong. it's of no, no problems. how she walked out is if you can say like god, 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, i've heard about this on a district. this is for a young man who dodge in 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. we had died in my car for that before did even left last night when life came to an end. so i went to the phone yard at least have deprived me. yeah. but now i'm not even mike right. preferred on 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 the day as the the due to the id or 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. a mission that became is life's work . over the years, the 67 year old has made a name for himself across romania check. the geographically transylvania farms the center and the north west 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 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 testify 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, and a region that's for the most part, rural 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 are 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 close side below. ha ha ha ha. come to papa. how do you say come to papa? who's the best day? who's to michael? i'm inside ha. constantine or costello, as everyone calls and has a close, almost familial like bond with his horses college

and i for most of the most 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. the i couldn't afford anything more luck about 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. he's been breeding and selling horses for 30 years. 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 of those he's still young because that if you don't train him now he'll kick you in the face later. you has to learn now. think just like a child, look up to you. but as much as he goes fond of 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 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. the

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, paced the 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 twi, desktop bush, even though today's work is a little out of the ordinary way. megan ok now they said they could have, it's going to be a tough thing and that's just the way to sort out the field work in my phones this evening can was there, but that's ok. swat eric can't live from his cheap alone with every 2 months. he sets off to aspire sites to make 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 anymore. we need both the sheet, i'm the charcoal and then we managed to get by and if they didn't also, but anyway, you know, stop to 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 it is 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 would have a fine technique. and this secret ingredient to the doctor

foster, one by one water and his 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 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 walter grow up in the mountains. just him and his parents. well, other children, practice writing and math. todd air learn to bring 400 sheep safely to pasture, to make cheese out of milk and charcoal out of what no matter with i couldn't walk in an office. no, i need the freedom and the fresh air out here with nature. and 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 the lights to fire through a narrow cabin, the stacked news about the vehicle. martha anita, how are you? that's more so the fuck catchers on the other side of the family back a otherwise it will just the front of zillow fishing them out of the and the flames go out quickly. but the embers continued to glow beneath the dome where there's just enough oxygen. disco life and controlling the invisible smouldering 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. 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 $150.00, preserved fortified churches here an impressive legacy of the chancel. banyon saxon, they were built around the 15th century to defend against ottoman invasion. and towns like beauty done or a cd swatter, precedents could take refuge and 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 saxons, still live in the region. 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 artist and traditions of the transfer being in fact since the together, they're renovating the house. that once belonged to molly. in his grandparents with old materials and tools when possible, they're currently working on a wooden pavilion details for the challenges 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 with water. well, carpenter, alex takes care of practical aspects. marlena 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 one afternoon, sheila and zip to show me that can we found the exact technical drawing in the carpenter's book from 1874 lessons 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, out to hunt, that's wealth, reviving the voice, the hero. and that's to be that believe and in their 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 replacement 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 wooden frames. so it's going in may 2 millimeters. 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 pains, 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. 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 and mine ticket 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. we are on the tiller, she was in the largest city 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 scrap iron or firewood toys, 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 my name feels them here, especially that's why i no longer start my list um on when i grandmother died to nasa, i came to the empty house a short time later certification letter, who faded into a very difficult time in my life, the it should be against that solely mentally. well, the 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 malayna state

but realizing her dream became more complicated than expected, the couple kept coming up against new unforeseen problems. that's not why little 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 mixers would reprocess for the disease. he's been doing it for 45 years. he feels those 2 years 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 was that sound like a why that is. it's a big responsibility for me. i really that's the wonderful. uh huh. a dental care that i'm not setting out to be better than my predecessor from chance, but i'd like to at least reach his level the i'd like to achieve that. it pushes, i'm a cadillac, just have a rough, like many young romanians you on worked on construction sites or fines across europe as a migrant labor. his home brothers couldn't secure him a future neither personally nor financially. until the met demitra, his daughter had 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 accepting standards, the she has frontier mazda is about the selected to finish, chiseling the up, a 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 cost down to horse speedo from who's estimates again. but he's determined to find a spot the point of my business. if this, if i don't know of 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 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 or something. 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 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 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 crude manner. enough few for such like 3000 fuel chunk scoundrel,

4000. eventually, at double handshake, seals the deal and the tone becomes friendlier the course treating 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 depends. uh, 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 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, the try not to 12 interests are of us . remember the good things. i think if there's so many photos of it, you check one of our grand daughters just one year old. here i to cool, slashed by the window new to has asked me to puff to make a cross 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 so

fast as you on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband. he knew i'm not worried because i trust demitra with all my heart. he says he knows the story of every person he makes across for which is changed from here. he was a friend of my husband's name, but i wanna, he knows everything. i thought the postal code they gave me was 15 days from when i asked him to 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, the site's opinion, satisfied 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 have that. and if i mean on this occasion to dimitry a little remain true test principles say so. so to present whatever on real life on the cross to that, there's always a surprise for the family to find 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, so 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 ups up and so it's one of a kind. 7 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 is a lesson in there for the living or to meet you knows how tough flights 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. are you just vanessa? i've done and how talk to you that came from cbs. because because the country is now, 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 judge 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. touch it go, else cannot describe it. why should each time i read the sense of grief or touch? i'm so busy ship intravenous. i'm tired of how awful but 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 quad or smoking as animals quickly today. because 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 results. 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,

the life cycle mazda needs more time. it's not showing you how to do 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? 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 look good? it didn't say a lot for the charcoal 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 a 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, a default if 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's always fuel in the house for cooking supper today as mutton and cradled sheets smell the between the sheets and the charcoal water is confident. he'll 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 only insistence. especially when they had a cold to care for the difference of opinion. the saxons are known to be frugal when it comes to that cuisine. when picked 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, but a 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 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 to 1000000000 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 going so far. i know we're back. 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 in the home of their ancestors is taking shape the and spencer a new data ons. to meet you, pop is finding the right words for the attribute as late friend as apprentice you

on it's making the final touches to the cross. the do you want is under a great deal of pressure just after all. demitra can't retire until this son in law is able to fashion an entire cross on his own. the more dilute crew cut innocent. get it small. perfect. is there a few small mistakes? if you look closely near the most important thing is that this line here is perfectly straight. so it forms a distinct framework because if you need something to be done that well on your floor. yeah. my, my son maybe new. yeah. the next step is for you one 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 poets 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 dimitria is a great teacher. but on to columbus pulls, i'm a professor frontier one. 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 one 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 ration my name is stone. go go to. 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 it. if i make snaps from my own apple office, most lovely is literally pleased 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 go to page one, if buffy actually would much cut in between the time comments. so you might hope you want to write the truth, some 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 finally has time to devote to his own business. so people couldn't then punch in while you can put it by 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 close though. how are you? i'm very well this is the mayor. i'd like to sell off of that, but she's a beauty. how old is she again so well just to, to use exactly the way i the she's what your price. i'd like 4500,

but i don't know what you can afford. at daylight robbery, we're not in germany. what's your offer for the 3500? not 33500 for this man. no. or did you look at her legs like a goddess, up, up, up the charter? bully for yourself. look at it. take a close look at the se. a 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, field video. no, 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 breeding program. when i get the bottle. but it opened up was the selling. the mirror was meter sweet to allow me whatever it is that those are adults use the car. but i know where she's going. bought it, open the door, them over with him that she won't have to work in the force. she won't be there because she me, but to me 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 digital audio, that's the way it is with my horse as to the early evening and cos dennis returning test, barman horses and tours. 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

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