the dw, imagine that you're eating a hamburger and as you're biting into this juicy bird, are your dining companions as to you. actually, that hamburger is not made from cows. it's made from golden retrievers. 2 2 2 should we. 2 2 2 2 2 2 in meeting cultures around the world, people learn to classify small handful of adults with edible and all the rest of the classify as disgusting. w series about our complex relationship with animals. the great debate, what's, you know, on youtube, dw documentary the the, there are some places just about everyone has heard of but few truly no

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

the low hanging clouds of mist, sinister legends, vampire stories. transylvania is perhaps best known for the saga of count dracula. 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 a dramatic history on gary and 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 found 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 supplied us for a son in law. you on to one day follow in his footsteps to do the job and one needs

to know a lot about the people that's offensive. well, this is the new going to split the dean. this is the whole village knows the story of this deceased woman. she could cuz everyone knew how badly she treated the family, especially her son in law and quinton. she repulsed him around it and find me to have the dogs touch it, but then people mocked him for ever. she soccer sad such as you can the the do you mean that they're shipping us yada. yeah, cool. good off the back of the family asked me to make a cross. that was a true memorial life for child local executives when yeah, yeah. she lou matt and chip outside the think i was like a and this is yeah, so it's a this all calorie silver chest. it's a nice this cross at chip law as my mother and it all region it if she to live just one day, know you might be down 3 credit to you with my there's cross yet. i'm trying to wake up that otherwise she'll come back home to renew it and tease me,

meaning positive. what reactions are positive? cuz it's probably the ones that i'd written everything wrong. it's of no night. almost how she walked out is if you can check like got the persona. it's demitra alone, who decides which life event commemorates the deceased and above all, what information is included in the short poem? yes, if, what about this on this trunk? this is for a young man who dodge and a car accident. and i wrote the following is national. i rest here to young age is my name is green cool guy. i get one of my property, put myself an expensive car much mercedes didn't last long. queen died in my car right 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 a bride me. i could. now i'm not even mike right. preferred to near quasi final words of remembrance since here, but with a wink and the 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 idea is to change people's perspective on past the notion a mary symmetry is the only one in the world, but people off about that rather than cry, no stipulation, just 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 is surrounded by the elongated mountain ranges of the carpet and the fusion of book

as seen as the unofficial capital of transylvania. with some 325000 residents, close it's romania, 2nd largest city and the cultural economic and scientific center of transylvania. the formerly known as cows and book, it was founded by german settlers and the 13th century. the grand buildings in 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 in a region 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 or 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 close side below. 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 almost

on even with 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 tech. but now a days, not only does costello have enough money to pursue his passion, he's also turned into a source of income, east and breeding, and selling horses for 30 years. the what's the less 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 that if you don't train him now he'll kick you in the face later. you has 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 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.

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 paced 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 said they couldn't. it's going to be a tough thing and that's just the way to sort. i couldn't make it well. field work in my bones this evening, but that's ok. squatters 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 charcoal and then we managed to get by and if they didn't 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 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 squared water will light the fire later to do this, he needs phone dry would have a fine technique. and this secret ingredient, just the doctor thought one by one wider 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. isn't something with a lower hold on. let me see if i did a good job at the end. i come on up until then. all i can do is how 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 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 but straw, and then with cold, ash and soil. this protects the wood from wind and moisture. so finally the lights, the fire through a narrow cabin, the stack news about the vehicle martha, i need to. how are you? the more so the fuck catches on the other side of the family back a otherwise it will just the front of the low 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 life and controls in v in principal

smoldering fire to prevent the stack from going up in flames. the twat air won't know how good the charcoal will be until he reopens the stag after 5 days. 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 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. the is 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 carpenter, alex takes care of practical aspects. marlena goes on a daily treasure hunt for old items. truly, to find antique doors and matching windows. she's also discovered evidence of their historic value. i'm trying to move for an afternoon web students to show me that we found the exact technical drawing in the carpenter's book from 1874 funds in done that provide things like this proof that here in this region of transylvania and romania there's an old office in tradition, out to hunt that swath, 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 my mainly made 2 millimeters. yeah, that's staying put, let him all the problems disrupts too long and the joint has the wrong dimension. 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'd 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. risen. 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 to no one's collecting this kind of stuff. so of course we're the freaks around here and see the freaks. but that's just fine. good. so alex was born in but i show 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 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 is what we process for the disease. you've 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.

and just from me, she was last time i k y. that is, that's a big responsibility for me. i really, that's the wonderful. uh huh. a central care that i'm not setting out to be better than my predecessor, but i'd like to at least reach his level. i'd like to achieve that. it pushes, i'm a cadillac, like many young romanians you on worked on construction sites or funds across europe. as a migrant labour 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 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 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 taken care of mazda is the fact that i'd like to 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 much, 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 to horse speedo from cruise is late 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 mano, this is that most of them are a lot of money. who costello's hoping to sell one of his customers today? the potential buyer is also the organizer of the market to the mode of on making sure everything comes together.

for some of the screw. this jingled, obviously, i can put into words how important this market is to me. it's in my blood. oh, sometimes my father, my grandfather is in my entire family, always had horses and that's how they earned the living within. you know, i don't 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, to listen to them we'll 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 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 in suspense. it's a different atmosphere. the village in northern transylvania 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. 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 by on the window new to has us to meet you pop to make across as all the visitors to when enough one dies, locals believe the cross as the entrance to paradise, the contrasts and what is as i thought this fixed will fast

so the on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband. he knew, i mean i'm not worried because i trust dimitra with all my heart and 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 and they wanna, he knows everything. i thought, see if that's okay, give them what? 15 days to meet you pop, nurse don clark and his wife. well, he was at their wedding and their children's baptisms. while demetrius son in law works on the carving, dmitri will write a poem about his departed friend, stays for phone service, and it's always sad 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. so to present whatever on role it's on the cross or is it 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 otherwise, and i might say, don't, right, that's on it. no, no, no, no, cuz i protest this is pronunciation, the new tough fully and trust demitra was composing her husband's final tribute, the, to mary symmetry ups up. and so it's one of a kind like an open book where visitors can read about the late residents of the village, the orthodox christian 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's nothing cheerful or humorous to say, as in the case of this little girl. all right, just vanessa. i've done and how talk to you that came from cbs. because because the country is not, we have to stop in front of our house and run the mail. if i make my parents so side, i wouldn't dare to to didn't judge it could get in this tragic accident that happened in front of the parents of interest and took the events like this as some painful that the touch it go else cannot describe it. why should each time i read the 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 he unfastened the, including now for the death of his friend, stan,

go to the embers in the charcoal pile of 12 dear top ash has been burning for 5 days. few layer tons of wood to build the stack. also known as a clump quad or smoking as animals quickly today. because his instinct is telling him it's time to open the club for the month and that'll 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 pass some of the money from the sale of the charcoal as an important source of income for to water and his family. the animals alone aren't enough to make ends meet the water can't really tell what the pile looks like inside. he needs to open it the price. i mean,

i'm starting here of the life cycle. mazda needs full time. it's not showing. yeah. they look, it's still would need to close the whole again. calculator, so no, do it, and send for just like a back. otherwise, i'll smell of a flame again. no ma'am. who am i that i spoke with 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 it's gotten like a boy. now i need to see if it's worked a while. not. how does it look good? it didn't say a lot for 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. the default that 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 40 late per cent, around 8 your the and there is always fuel in the house for cooking supper today. as much incredible sheets smelt the between the sheets and the charcoal water is confident. how always be able to feed his family

here, tucked away in the mountains of transylvania. the as in ching cool. it's also time to get cooking like her approach to house renovation. melinda, have 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 it and 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 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 is a small german speaking community in the region. it's a mix of transel vanya saxons, and people who have left germany to come and live here. many of them work as crafts, people for artist, a sincere it is slow. oh,

wow, super cool. oh wow. the new meals 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, lou. well then let's talk in a couple 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 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 to meet your account. retire until this 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 it, it forms a distinct framework because if you need something to be done, not well on the floor. yeah. my, my son maybe now. yeah. the next step is for you one to apply color to the cross the price use of degree of crosses. i just as unusual as the poems and portraits are you on is getting better

all the time. but no one becomes a village chronicler and 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 dimitria is a great teacher. but on to columbus pull some professor frontier. well, i'm confident i'll be able to replace, i'm assuming what's and then what's good. a good equipment demitra has written around 500 times during his career. this fun was especially difficult. but now he thinks he's found the right words. i guess i'm not the gmc session. i you to my here on life to 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 chair. 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 couldn't pay a fee to load musket in between the time, come and see him. i do hope you want me to write the truth. some like cross it to a chip, it'll be up into coach on the truth about a life in just a few words. that's no simple feet for demitra and you on life isn't solely about the highest or the lowest, which is why there will always be space for both at the mary symmetry. and so pensa

c. 2 c 2 g little market, the horses aren't just for sale. they also compete in a variety of contests. the animals must demonstrate their strengths and some score extra points for beauty. nowadays, the market runs itself. organizer proceeds timely, has time to devote to his own business. so people couldn't do punch in while you can, but if i like something, then i have to have it run out because still has something i really liked about you . oh oh, so the, i wish you a long live close though. how are you doing? 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 shit you. what's your price?

i'd like 4500, but i don't know what you can afford. that's daylight robbery. we're not in germany . what's your offer? 3500. 33500 for this man. no. or did you look at her legs like a goddess, up, up, up the children? bully for yourself. look to take a close look at the se of the she kind of what's your final pricing? which photo center offers to low of the customary negotiation is underway. the mentees and provoke one another, seeing how far they can push it. a single hand check signals initial interest. after some haggling, couple handshake seals the deal. so i don't know. yeah, we're good for the level. good level. been very pleased with that.

we agreed on $3750.00 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 will kind of pulls the selling, the mayor was meter sweeties that allow me they wanted me to is a, those are those easy car, but i know where she's going. but it opened the door them away with him that she won't have to work in the forest. she won't be the crushing the bucks. and it looks like a father in his child's exact opposite. cuz i wouldn't entrust my daughter to a bad man that the gentle good bible is there. nobody has his own home audio. that's the way it is with my horse to guide the early evening and cos tennis. returning test, farm and horses in choose, there is pride and joy and one important part of transylvania is fiber and culture

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