this week alone costs as the country is on the red deluxe. the wild soil has it's that's it for now coming up next, a documentary takes you to transylvania. the same as region nestled in romania is competency in the mountains. told me a lot of cool. thanks for watching the on the long voyage through the ocean. another how well with the cost for a long time, they had to be a humans on the journey. now the trenches have become very protective of whales and tassels. the results of the ocean conservation start september full dw 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 probably runs the horses like a child's. 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 finance name is our 7th street, 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 low hanging clouds of most sinister legends, vampire stories. transylvania is perhaps best known for the saga of count dracula. brand castle is marketed as the counts home, but the region has much more to offer than spooky mets. its magnificent buildings are the backdrop to dramatic history on gary and 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 squirreled heritage sites

in the small orthodox christian community of serpents residents believe that dest 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 plot, as for a son in law,

you want to one day follow in his footsteps. to do the job. one needs to know a lot about the people that's offensive. well, this is the new gonna split the dean. this is, the whole village knows the story of this deceased woman. good because everyone knew how badly she treated the family, especially son in law and quinton. she repulsed him around it. didn't find me to have to talk to the people talk to him for him to soccer. so i thought those you can the did you mean that they're shipping us yada? yeah, cool. boot off the back of those. yeah. the family asked me to make a cross that was a true memorial liar for chad. no cool. except the days when yeah, yeah. she little 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 to live just one day meal you, i'd be down 3 credit to you with my there's cross shirts that i'm trying 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. so 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, of what 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, i died in my car for that before did even left last night when life came to an end . so i think with the new i'd at least had to pride 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 underneath the day as the, the due to the id, or is to change people's perspective on bass. the notion a mary symmetry is the only one in the world, but people off about that rather than cry, new 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, the geographically transylvania farms the center and the northwest of romania. the region is surrounded by the elongated mountain ranges of the carpet

peons to snap book 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 the stay 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 is the best day whose time i come inside? ha. constantine or costello, as everyone calls and has

a close, almost familial like bonds 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, the i couldn't afford anything more like about the food that i now adays not only does cost, i'll have enough money to pursue his passion. he's also turned it into source of income, east and breeding, and selling horses for 30 years. the that's what she loves to, 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, these still young people is that good? if you don't train him now, he'll kick you in the face later. yes,

to learn now the thing 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 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.

the transylvania means beyond the far like i stick old carpet farse cover large areas of the region right up to the peaks of the car, paste in mountains. the few people who settled here live with and from nature. it sounds romantic, but it's not so easy. at 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 say it's going to be a tough thing and that's just the way to sort. i shouldn't make it field work in my bones this evening, but that's ok. swat eric can't live from his cheap alone with every 2 months. he stepped soft, us fire sides 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 child co and then we manage to get by and if they do not. so but anyway, you know, some 12, there's family farm is located high up in the mountains besides cheap, she owns goats, pigs. and if you heck, there's a forest, meaning he has 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 take me. and this secret ingredient,

just the doctor thought one by one wider 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 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 twaddle grow up in the mountains. just him and his parents. well, other children, practice writing and mass, 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 in 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 a vehicle martha anita how are you? that's more so the fun 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 to school lice 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 saxons. they were built around the 15th century to defend against ottoman invasion. and towns like being 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 roots, marlena and alex, how that want to preserve the culture and language of their ancestors. in particular, the artisan traditions of the transfer being in fact since the together, they're renovating the house. that once belonged to molly and his grandparents with old materials and tools when possible. they're currently working on a wooden pavilion details for them. 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, a 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 for an afternoon web students to show me that 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 worth 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. it's going in my media 2 millimeters. yeah, that's thing put lot of all the problems districts 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 to 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 in mind to the most ext open up system. so he'd never give them anything shot in 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 a 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 and 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 many nephews 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 letter, who faded into a very difficult time in my life, the associate against that solely mainly the time when i was wondering who i was, what i was actually doing the oh, 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 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. and 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 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, the interest from me. she was that sound like a why that is, it's a big responsibility for me. i mean, 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 of the i'd like to achieve that. it pushes, i'm a cadillac, like many young romanians you on worked on construction sites or farms across europe. as a migrant labour his home brothers couldn't secure him a future. neither personally nor financially, told him at demitra. his daughter had 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, it was very difficult for me before he's been 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 selection to finish, chiseling the up, a reef to dice with the lettering. go like to pretty good. the tip and i hope it works out, but i'm nearly done here. you, once you've done that my, you can help me with the painting victoria at the coaches and check on 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 the horse speedo from two's estimates again, but he's determined to find a spot the corner might be less than $50.00. i don't know if any event like this festival is unique. 50, but it's about honor and monitored is that most of them are a lot of money. who costello's hoping to sell one of his best mirrors today? the potential buyer is also the organizer of the market

to the mode of on making sure everything comes together. the future and for some of the screw jingles, obviously, i can't put into words how important this market is. to me. it's in my blood. oh, sometimes my father, my grandfather in my entire family always had horses and that's how they earned the living within. you know, i don't story. of course it's like a child who remembered if i'm courses are like members of the family for us. romano . so that 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 feel, the joke. scoundrel, 4000. eventually at 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 romani, 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 closeness 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, 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 the widow new to has asked me to pump 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 is as i thought this fixed capacity on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband. he knew i'm not worried, as i trust demitra with all my heart. 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 of bookkeepers. okay, give me what 15 days you do me to pop? no scan card. okay. 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, which is a site survey. and so 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 highlight it and if i mean on this occasion to dimitry a little remain true test principles say so sort of pieces,

whatever on role it's on the cross or to that there's always a surprise for the family into my media. they only see the cross at this stage. and then again, once it's completely finished the crew, i've never shown as a problem before. i knew my been otherwise, and i might say, don't write that to me and no, no, no, no, cuz i protest this is pronunciation, the new tough, fully entrust. demitra was composing her husband's final tribute. the to mary symmetry of spencer. it's one of a kind like an open book where visitors can read about the late presidents of the village, the orthodox christian community 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, he tries vanessa. i'd run in hell talk to you that came from c b as big as the country is. now if we have to stop in front of our house and run me over and make my parents our side, i wouldn't dare to get into and you could get in this tragic accident that happened in front of the parents and interest and took the events like this a so painful death, touch it go, else cannot describe it. why should each time i read a sense of grief or touch? i'm so busy shipping to minutes. sometimes. the most helpful no matter how terrible the state to meet, you must always find words. but the unfathomable,

including now for the death of his friend, stan, go to the embers in the charcoal pile of 12 dear top ash has been burning for 5 days. few layer tons of wood to build the stack, also known as a clump waters smoking. his animals quickly today, because his instinct just telling him it's time to open the club for the month and that will be set and you'll get a good results that sometimes the court 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 you needs to open it.

the price, i mean, i'm starting here of the life cycle. mazda needs more time and smoke charged. yeah, they look, it still would need to close the whole again. calculator, so not good at san puerto, just like a back otherwise i'll smell of a flame again. no ma'am. who am i that i should put them in. squad 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 mindful the travel costs 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 chunk of 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 is always fuel in the house for cooking supper today as mutton and cradle sheets, smell the between the sheep and the charcoal water is confident. how always be able to feed his family

here, tucked away in the mountains of transylvania, the as mentioned. cool. it's also time to get cooking like her approach to house renovation. melinda, have tried to use what's on hand for her meals today. she's prepping a wine. so a typical dish that her ancestors would have eaten to boost their immune systems, especially when they had a cold to care for the difference of opinion. 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 to them as the skis. 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 50, empty, or radically the head can be just as big thomas thing strikes the iron heated to around 1350 degrees in the fire into the males. precise conical shape. there's a small german speaking community in the region. it's a mix of transel vanya saxons, and people who have left germany to come and live here. many of them work has crafts, people for artist, a sincere. it is slow. oh, wow,

super cool. oh wow. the new nails and the old doors fit perfectly. the the story pavilion project is finally coming along is amazing. i can, i can picture it properly now. it's going to be great. we've got a reason to celebrate to wait and i'm having some fun. oh wow. you bet. hm, lou. well then let's talk in a couple of things. their friends and helpers with wind soup and cake. their dream of a house with a rich back story, and the home of their ancestors is taking shape the and spencer a new date ons. to meet you,

pop is finding the right words for the attribute as late friend as apprentice you on it's making the final touches to the cross. the you want is under a great deal of pressure just after all. demitra can't retire until the 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 a few small mistakes? if you look closely near 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, my, my son maybe new. yeah. the next step is for you want to apply color to the cross. the bright hughes of the grave crosses are just as unusual as the poems and portraits are you on is getting better

all the time. but no one becomes a village chronicler and poet. overnight she could or no, i'm with, i'm still a beginner. there are many tricks and techniques left for me to learn normal things . but i'm in the best position possible because demetrius is a great teacher, but on to columbus to pull some professional frontier. well, 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 cmc session. i you to my here on life to ration. my name is stone gold guarantee or

i'll tell you the truth because the lead my life was not easy. it was defined by look at it more than i had such a full di share. that's why i'm lying and coughing. now, she the only nice thing i love to see if i make snaps from my own apple office. most lovely is with the least showing that you can use do we accept these ties? i sometimes wonder what i'll leave behind that i'm put, you know, i don't know how many more years i have left. but luckily, i've got someone to take, of course, if i could, okay. if the, if he actually would much could in between the time, come and see him, i do hope you want me to write the truth. so i'm like, cross it to a chip that will be up into coach on the truth about a life and just a few words. that's no simple feet for to meet you and you on life isn't solely

about the highest or the lowest, which is why there will always be space for both at the mary symmetry. and so pensa c. 2 c 2 g little market, the horses aren't just for sale. they also compete in a variety of contents. the animals must demonstrate their strengths and some score extra points for beauty. nowadays, the market runs itself. organizer 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 like lot you cool. cool. so the yeah, i wish you a long live close though. how are you? i'm very well this is the mayor. i'd like to sell also. yeah. she's a beauty. how old is she again so well just to, to use exactly the way i the, the,

she's what your price. i'd like 4500, but i don't know what you can afford. it's daylight robbery. we're not in germany. what's your offer? 3500. 33500 for this man. no. what was the deliberate her legs like a goddess of the children? bully for yourself. look at it. take a close look at the se of the she kind of what's your final price of those that are 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, double 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 opened up was the selling. the mirror was meter sweet to me then when it is a, those are adults use a car, but i know where she's going, but it can be done when we with him that she won't have to work in the forest. she won't be there because she me, but to me was like a father and this 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 kirsten is returning test, farm, and horses and cures. there is pride and joy and one important part of transylvania

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