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one such place is transylvania male dominated culture that nevertheless has its softer sides. ross of horses like a child's horses are like members of the family for us. romano. transylvania is a region with a long history and 5 brand traditions. it's a place where people enjoy life and are even at peace with the idea that one day coming to an end with financial aid that i see is that, you know, cemetery is the only one in the world. but people love my problem of them across the away from the cities. some places appear almost frozen in time, right in the heart of your

the, the low hanging clouds of 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 as 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 sep and 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 presidents. 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, i'm simply 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 supplied for his son in law,

one 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 corners, put the dean. this is the whole village knows the story is this deceased women good? because everyone knew how badly she treated family, especially son in law and control. she repulsed him around it and find me to have the dogs touching it. but then people knocked him for him to soccer, so i thought the 0 can the did you mean that they're shipping us yadda? yeah, cool, good off the back of the family asked me to make a cross that was a true memorial life for child local executives when yeah, yeah. she lou, matt and chip outside of the day. i think i was like a and this is yeah. so it's a this all calorie silver chest. it's a neat this cross that you lost my mother and it all these unit. if she live just one day, know you might be down 3 credit to you with my there's cross that's the try to wake

up that. otherwise she'll come back home to a new in teams may mean it was it the the reactions are positive cuz it's probably the ones that i'd written everything wrong. and so no, no problems. how she walked out is if you can say, like god, they put us on it, 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 his own district? this is for a young man who dodge and a car accident. and i wrote the following is when there are rest here or to 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 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. yeah. but now i'm not even mike. right? preferred to net quasi final words of remembrance since

here, but with a wink and a notch. but to meet you has no intention of mocking the deceased. he carves paints and writes with one overarching aspiration, cook underneath the day as the, the, due to the risk, 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, 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 check. the geographically transylvania forms the center and the northwest of romania. the region surrounded by the elongated mountain ranges of the carpet and the

fusion apple got as seen as the unofficial capital of transylvania. with some 325000 residents, clued as 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 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 close side below. ha ha ha ha. come to papa. how do you say come to papa? who is the best to have somebody come inside? ha, constantine or costello, as everyone calls him, has a close,

almost familiar 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 luck about the food. but now a days, 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. he lost the hey, look here so we the guy, come to papa, let give me your leg. the good boy a good boy. but i but of those he's still young because if you don't train him now he'll kick you in the face later.

yes. to learn now think just like a child the deal. but as much as he goes fond of the animals. at some point, it's time to let them go. one of the regions 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 in 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 think old carpet farse cover large areas of to reach right up to the peaks of the car. pacey in mountains, the few people who settled here live with and from nature. it sounds romantic, but it's not so easy. it's 6 in the morning. the start of the working day for shepherd to our desktop bush. even though today's work it's a little out of the ordinary. 40 megabyte. ok, now it's going to be a tough thing and that's just the way to sort out the field work in my bones this evening. but that's okay. father can't live from his cheap alone with every 2 months. he said soft us fire sides to make charcoal the

but that's like up on the bushes that they may need to chuckle to suffice. same otherwise, there isn't enough money anymore. we need both the sheet. i'm the child coughing and then we managed to get by and if they did not so but anyway, you know, some others family farm is located high up in the mountains besides cheap. she owns goats, pigs. and if you heck, there's a forest, meaning he has wood at his disposal. with the source material at hand. tried to 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 brother phones off to 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 within the hold on. let me see if i did a good job at the end. i come on up until then. all i can do is how twaddle grow up in the mountains. just him and his parents. well other children, practice writing and 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 in nature. and most everyone can live in the city anyway. know in colorado the stack is almost

finished. a pile of wood, wayne tons, with ventilation shafts, to water covers it for us 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 catch is on the other side of the family back it. otherwise it will just the front of zillow fish in the mountains. and the flames go out quickly. but the embers continued to glow beneath the dome,

where there's just enough oxygen. disco lice and controlling the invisible smouldering fire to prevent the stack from going up in flames. twat air won't know how good the charcoal will be until he reopens the 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, 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 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, an entire neighborhood. 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 artisan 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 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 with the water. well carpenter, alex takes care of practical aspects. malayna goes on a daily treasure hunt for old items. her latest find antique doors and matching windows. she's also discovered evidence of their historic value. i'm trying to move for an afternoon web students to show me that can we found the exact technical drawing in the carpenter's book from 1874 lessons and done that by things like this sa proof that here in this region of transylvania. in romania, there's an old opposite tradition to hunt, that's worth reviving the voice the hero. and that's to be, that's the 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 my mainly made 2 millimeters the 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 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 them. i think that that was impressively coveted from

the old tools are better to some of the quality of steel as veterans. they're much more robust than the standard tools. you can buy everywhere these dates and come on 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 ex doesn't 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 or on the tiller she was in. the 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. and when i grandmother died to nasa, i came to the empty house a short time later certification live. i who faded into a very difficult time in my life the it says should be it against, that's only my maybe. 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 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 be processed for the disease. he's been doing it for 45 years. he feels those sierras and his phones . it's important to him that the tradition is passed on. his son in law is to take

over the reins. a huge honor for the young man into from me. she was last time r k y. that is, that's a big responsibility for me. i mean that, 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 either. i'd like to achieve that. it pushes, i'm looking at a lot of like many young more mainland few on worked on construction sites or funds across europe as a migrant labor. his home village couldn't secure him a future, neither personally nor financially. i've told him at dmitri his daughter and started helping out in the workshop. great, because 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's one problem. his skills aren't quite up to the master, is accepting standards. the sheer cynthia mazda is about the selected to finish, chiseling the upper reese to dice the with the lettering. go like to go to the tip and i hope it works out. but i'm nearly done here. you, once you've done that, 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 the horse speedo from who's estimates again, but he's determined to find a spot the point it might be less than $50.00. i don't know if any event like this festival is unique. 50, 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 merits today, the potential buyer is also the organizer of the market.

the mode of making sure everything comes together. the future and for some of the screw, the dreamforce obviously i can put into words how important this market is to me. it's in my blood. oh, sometimes my father, my grandfather in my entire family always had horses and that's how they are in the living between you know, i don't study voices like a child who remembered the forces are like members of the family for us romano. so that was really for me to as there's been too long to 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 is one of this ethnic minorities oldest and most respected professions. with a lot of fanfare, the men try to get potential buyers to notice their voices. negotiations are

conducted in a rather approved manner. enough few for such a 3000 fuel chunk scoundrel, 4000. eventually 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 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 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 complain about the pain earlier, if he'd been at the hospital sooner, but it was already too late. his entire body was infected when that genetics of sat in suspense. a people have an unusual attitude to death, say more, but try not to dwell into sorrow. us remember the good things? i think if there's so many photos of it, one of our granddaughter is just one year old here i check with slash the widow new to has asked me to pop to make across. as all the villagers do, when enough one dies, locals believe the cross as the entrance to paradise,

the contrast and what is as i thought this fixed capacity on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband. he knew of me, i'm not worried for years. 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 and they wanna. he knows everything of bookkeeper. so could you give me want 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, 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 have that 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 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 write document. no, no, no, no, cuz i protested. this is pronunciation, the new tough fully and trust 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 presidents 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 in house talk to you that came from cbs. because because the country is now we have to stop in front of our house and run me over and make my parents so side. i wouldn't dare to get into and you could get in this tragic accident that happened in front of the parents of interest. and took the events like this a some painful death touch it go, else cannot describe it. why should each time i read a sense of grief or touch? i'm so busy shipping to minutes. sometimes you know how to get it, but 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, good. the embers and the charcoal pile of 12 deer top ash has been burning for 5 days. few layer tons of wood to build the stack, also known as a clump waters smoking his 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 result that sometimes the cool doesn't done was have some dilute stays as it has taken a lot of good feeling. we've been trying to put some of the money from the sale of the charcoal as an important source of income for to water and his family. the animal is alone, aren't enough to make ends meet. the water. can't really tell what the pile looks like inside you needs to open it,

the price, and i'm starting here. the life cycle mazda needs more time and smoke charged. yeah, they look, it's still would need to close the whole again category, so not the example. we're just looking back, otherwise i'll smell of a flame again. no ma'am. who am i? that i should. suad, eric gingerly closes the gap. here on the left, the wood isn't yet sufficiently 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 here or not. how does that look good? it didn't say a lot of for the travel costs slowly starting to show yeah. the ship sounds like a moving from there. it's a child it's and just as good with the

i think that's very good. i will call the study back. i think no matter how i struck 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 a charcoal for 14 lane per 2nd, around 8 your the and there's always fuel in the house for cooking supper today as mutton and cradle sheets mount the between the ship 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 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 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 the blacksmith friend should be able to help. he's going to make them custom nails. the head can be slightly bigger, and that's a 50, empty, or radically the head can be just as big toe mustang strikes the iron heated to around 1350 degrees in the fire into the nails. precise conical shape. there'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 as 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 to 1000000000 project is finally coming alone 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 having some fun. oh, wow. you bet. hm, no. well then let's talk in a couple of things, their friends and helpers with wind soup and cake. their dream of a house with a rich back story, and the home of their ancestors is taking shape the and spencer a new date ons. to meet you,

pop is finding the right words for the attribute. as late friend as apprentice you on is making the final touches to the cross. the do you want 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 the look regarding isn't that it's not perfect is there are 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, not well on you for. yeah, my might as to maybe now. yeah. the next step is for you want to apply color to the cross the bright hughes if 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 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 to me, to it's 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 what's and then what's the clinic within demitra has written around $500.00 times during his career. this fun was especially difficult. but now he thinks he's found the right words. a gmc session i you to my here on life to ration in one way. my name is stone. go go

to. i'll tell you the truth because the my life was not easy. it was defined by look at a more did i had 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 his widow will be pleased showing that you cannot do we accept these ties. i sometimes wonder what i'll leave behind that i'm put, you know, i don't know how many more years i have left. but luckily, i've got someone to take, of course, if i could, okay. if the, if he actually would much cut 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, it'll be up into coach on the truth about a life in just a few words. that's no simple feet for demitra and you on life isn't solely about

the highest or the lowest, which is why there will always be space for both at the mary symmetry. and so pensa 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 do lots of july, you can, but if i like something then i have to have it around that because still has something i really like a lot. you cool. cool. so the yeah, i wish you a long live close though. sure. 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 for the 3500 k. that 33500 for this man? no. or did you look at her legs like a goddess of the children? bully for yourself. look at it. take a close look at the se. and she kind of what's your final pricing? so there are offers to low on the customary negotiation is underway. the mentees and provoke one another, seeing how far they can push it. a single hand check signals initial interest. after some haggling, couple handshake seals the deal. so i don't know. yeah,

we're good for the level. good level. been very pleased with us. we agreed on $3750.00 euro, so that's a fair price for both of us up to set you that the mirror is a perfect fit for my breathing program. when i get the bottle. but it opened up was the selling. the mayor was meter sweeties, they loved me, they wanted me to is a, those are those easy car, but i know where she's going, but it open the door, them away with him. she won't have to work in the forest. she won't be there because she may bucks and it looks like a father in his child's exact opposite, cuz i wouldn't entrust my daughter to a bad man, but the gentle good bible is there. nobody has his own home audio. that's the way it is with my horse as to the early evening and cos dennis returning test farm and horses and tours. there is pride and joy and one

important part of transylvania is vibrant culture and many here are doing all they can to preserve that culture. the platform is your speed. internet isn't yours, but we're not putting up with this just because you're allow. we're taking this backwards, reclaiming the struggle for democracy on to control the rise, the right wing networks in austria and germany. how is social media radicalize in young people waiting back and ask what's called take talk in politics close up in such a minute. on d, w, and forest die back. be good news. so the question is,

what's happening later? but what's happening is that the oldest fruit trees are gone and the forest had a long, serious comic. okay. it looks truly shocking, but this isn't your typical the planet is dying story. this could actually be good news made in germany. in 90 minutes. g w. the get ready for an exciting. i've been trying to look surprised. hi, irish. and i'm ready to dive into the hands of to me to do you have you have a one does not delete it from port yet please go to the spot on the on expected side to side. enjoy the

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