to side to man, they still holding captive. and that's your news update coming up next softer sold, right, is doc field. i'm jarrett rating building. thank you for watching the do big ultima video companies play a role in the destruction of the rain forest. the letter for luxury cost awesome comes from illegal capital funds in the m as in yet the supply chains does matter to the automobile industry. the illegal of the stats may said on d w 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. some of these up russia, horses like a child. horses are like members of the family for us. romano. transylvania is a region with a long history and fiber and traditions. it's a place where people enjoy life and are even at peace with the idea that one day coming to an end with financial aid, they could see that, you know, cemetery is the only one in the world, but people lost my problem of them crossing the away from the cities, some places appear almost frozen in time. right in the heart of europe, the

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 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 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 called the mary symmetry. this makes them something of a village chronicler. the plan is for a son in law, you on to one day following his footsteps to do the job. and one needs to know

a lot about the people that's offensive. well this is the new when a 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 as son in law and control. she repulsed him around it. couldn't find me to have the dogs touch it, but then people knocked him for him to soccer. so i thought those you can the, the do you mean that they're shipping us yadda? yeah, cool. good off the back of those. yeah, the family asked me to make a cross that was a true memorial liar for chad. no cool executives when yeah, yeah. she knew 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 3 unit. if she 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 a new and tease me. mean it was it the but reactions for positive cause 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 his own 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 of my property, put myself an expensive car. my mercedes didn't last long. queen died in my car flat before it did even left last night. my life came to an end, so i went to the phone, you know, i'd at least had a bride media, but now i'm not even like, right? preferred to nicole as the final words of remembrance since here, but with a wink and

a notch. but to meet you has no intention of mocking the deceased. he carves paints and writes with one overarching aspiration, cook underneath the day, as that the due to the idea is to change people's perspective on bass and emerson. a mary symmetry is the only one in the world, but people off about that rather than cry know separately and taking the sorrow out of death emission that became his life's work. over the years, the 67 year old has made a name for himself across romania check. a geographically pennsylvania farms, the center and the north west of romania. the region surrounded by the elongated mountain ranges of the carpet and the fusion apple got

a scene as the unofficial capital of transylvania. with some 325000 residents, clues as romania 2nd largest city and the cultural economic and scientific center of transylvania. the formerly known as cows and thought 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 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 into the constantine or costello as everyone calls and has a close, almost familial life bond with his horses killing

my for almost anybody, horses are the most beautiful animals on this planet. i've loved horses since i was a kid. when i was 8, i bought myself a donkey. i couldn't afford anything more delicate, bought the food to. but now a days, not only does costello have enough money to pursue his passion, he's also turned into a source of income, eastern breeding and selling horses for 30 years. the the list of, hey look here. so we the guy, come to papa, let give me your leg, the good boy a good boy, but i but of those he's still young because that goes, if you don't train him now he'll kick you in the face later. you have to learn now that they just like a child that deal but as much as he correspond to the animals at some point,

it's time to let them go. one of the reasons most important markets is taking place tomorrow. stella, the mirror is due to change, hands for the negotiations are already in full swing until the part that means i've asked for 4500 years. i don't know if i'll get that. i have to convince the buyer in person. i'll try and negotiate the highest possible price only the potential buyer wants to see some new photos before meeting the horse tomorrow 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 to reach you right up to the peaks of the car, pacey and mountains. the few people who settled here live with and from nature. it sounds romantic, but it's not so easy. it's 6 in the morning. the start of the working day for shepherd to our desktop bush. even though today's work is little out of the ordinary magazine. ok, now it's going to be a tough thing and that's just the way to sort out of it. and maybe i'll feel i look in my bones this evening. i was there, but that's okay. slider 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 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 car and then we manage to get by and if they do not so but anyway, you know, stop to others. family farm is located high up in the mountains besides cheap. she owns goats, pigs, and a few hectares of 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 technique. and this secret ingredient, just the brother the phones on to foster,

one by one water and this helper stacked the logs in a circle around the core. it looks simple, but it demands great concentration. the spacing is crucial to close and not enough oxygen will reach the core too far apart and it will for an even link the hold on the safe. i did a good job at the end of my life until then all i can do is i'll try to grow up in the mountains, just him and his parents. well, other children practice writing and math twat or learn to bring $400.00 sheep safely to pasture, to make cheese out of milk and charcoal out of what? nobody really. i couldn't walk in an office. no, i need the freedom of the freshman out here with 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. first 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 a otherwise it will just in 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 controls in v in physical 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 stack after 5 days. transel dania has been the backdrop of an eventful history. romania is best. phone region is a melting pot of different european peoples. the culture of the regions, ethnic germans as entrenched here to this day there are more than 150, preserved fortified churches here an impressive legacy of the chancel vein in 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 saxon still lives 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 my lee 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 half, almost always in the water. well, a 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 1870 for lessons in done that provide things like this sa proof that here in this region of transylvania and romania there's an old, opposite tradition out to hunt, that's west, 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 are still quite a bit of work to do before alex can fit the doors into the wooden frames. so it's going in may 2 millimeters. so yeah, that's staying put, let him all the problems disrupts too long and the joint has the wrong dimensions. but alex is not giving up, they're not the scenes. 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 the conductors and best of the credited 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. you must, ex, doesn't up because don't so he'd never give them anything shot because the 2 of them would see each other almost every day. the unconventional project has long been the subject of village gossip. you're on a visit to look at the city. are sure people shake their heads when they talk about us. we're 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 twice quotes. 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 monday, nephew's them here, especially that's my new mortgage document is the grandmother dying to know. so i came to the empty house a short time later certification live. i who fit into a very difficult time in my life that much it should be against that solely mentally. well, a time when i was wondering who i was and what i was actually doing the oh, yeah. so nobody 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 to the know transel vein. your tradition in the little village of spencer to meet you. pop makes is going to be processed for the deceased. he's been doing it for 45 years. he feels those sierras and his phones. it's important to him that the traditional past on his son in law is to take over the reins. a huge honor for the young man

and from me she was last time r k y. that is, that's a big responsibility for me. i really, that's the water from the la quinta, 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 a couple, i just have a rough, like many general maintenance you 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 can 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 she, cynthia mazda, is about the selected to finish, chiseling the up, a reef to dice the, with the lettering. go like to pretty good the tip and i hope it works out. but i'm really done here. you, once you've done that my, you can help me with the painting, victoria, that the coaches to come. so i'll do my best on this cross as to be a final memorial to partridge family. friend the of the

the g low horse market is a combination of trade show and family reunion. it's already packed, just like every year. and traders are still trying to secure an area on the field, which is much too small, the cost down to horse speedo from who's estimates again. but he's determined to find a spot the point it might be less than 50. i don't know if any event like this festival is unique 50, but it's about honor and monitors it is that most of them are a lot of money. who costello's hoping to sell one of his best mares today? the potential buyer is also the organizer of the market. the mode of making sure everything comes together

the future and for some of the screw, this shingles on this thing i can put into words how important this market is to me . it's in my blood. oh, sometimes my father, my grandfather is my entire family always had horses and that's how they are in the living between you know, i don't study kind of course it's like a child. remember looking for me. courses are like members of the family for us, romano. so that was really for me to 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 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 approved manner. enough few for such

a 3000 fuel chunk scoundrel, 4000. eventually, at double handshake, seals the deal and the tone becomes friendly or 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 has been stand cork everyone's still in shock. he was only 57 years old,

and infection resulted in oregon failure document and 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. well, not students of sat in suspense. a people have an unusual attitude to death, say more, but try not to 12 interests are of us . remember the good things. i think if there's so many photos of it, you know, for our grand daughter's just one year old here i check with slash by the window new to has asked me to pop to make across. as all the visitors do, when enough one dies, locals believe the cross as the entrance to paradise, the contrast,

and what does that have to this fix capacity on the cross will be a sign of respect for my beloved husband. you know, i mean, i'm not worried because i trust to meet your 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 i thought see if that's okay, give me what? 15 days from when i do me true pop, nurse 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, just as types of things. i was trying to waste side when a family member process. i didn't, i mean, we'll miss it. i'm the to the up. i don't have that and if i mean on this occasion to dimitry a little remain true test principles say so. so to present whatever are wrong, 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 that so no, no, no, no, cuz i protest this is pronunciation, the new tough, fully entrust. demitra was composing her husband's final attribute the to mary's symmetry ups up. and so it's one of a kind like an open book where visitors can read about the late residents of the village, the orthodox christian community facing desk, with openness and humor. and there's a lesson in there for the living or to meet you knows how tough life can be. but he always tries to see the bright side

apart from when there is nothing cheerful or humorous to say, as in the case of this little girl. right, just vanessa. i'd run in hell talk to you that came from cbs because because the country is not, if we have to stop in front of our house and run me over and make my parents so side, i wouldn't go to the to didn't charge it could get in this tragic accident that happened in front of the parents of interest and to the events like this, a song painting fault that the project go else cannot describe it. why should each time i read a sense of grief or touch? if is a chip in 2 minutes, sometimes you know how to get it. when no matter how terrible the fate to meet, you must always find words but the unfathomable, including now for the death of his friend, stan,

good. the embers and the charcoal pile of 12 deer top ash has been burning for 5 days. few layer tons of wood to build the stack, also known as a clump quad or smoking as animals quickly today. because his instinct is telling him it's time to open the club by full mouth, but yeah, for me i can never be so you'll get a good results that sometimes the cold has been done up in the mood 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 to be 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 would need more time. it's not showing you how to do, okay. it still would need to close the whole again. calculator so no good. it's in for just like a back. otherwise i'll smell of a flame again. no ma'am. who am i that i should look within? swat air gingerly closes the gap. here on the left, the wood isn't yet sufficiently charged, but the embers aren't evenly distributed. on the right side, it could be ready to waters hoping for partial success. at least it's gotten like a boy. now i need to see if it's worked a while not. how does it looks good? it didn't say mindful the travel costs slowly starting to show. yeah. yeah, there's a ship that's like a moving from there. and so charles and joseph came with the

i think that's a very good journal. call the study back. i think no matter how i struck it, it doesn't break in suspended. good quality. you forget that 12 years 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 a fuel in the house for cooking supper today as mutton and cradle sheep smell, 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, cold, 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. when picked up is this canal is really 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 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 artists, a sincere it is slow. oh,

wow, super cool. oh, wow. the new nails and the old doors fit perfectly. the, the story to 1000000000 project is finally coming along is amazing. i can, i can picture it's properly now. it's going to be great. we've got a reason to celebrate. don't wait and i'm going and going so far. i know you bad. hm. lou. well then let's talk in a couple of things to their friends and helpers with wind soup and cake. their dream of a house with a rich back story and the home of their ancestors is taking shape the and spencer a new date ons. to meet you, pop is finding the right words for the attribute to his late friend. as apprentice

you on it's making the final touches to the cross. the new one is under a great deal of pressure. just after all, demitra count retire until his son in law is able to fashion an entire cross on his own. the more to look regarding this and get it's not perfect. is there a few small mistakes if you look closely, jeanette. the most important thing is that this line here is perfectly straight so that it forms a distinct framework because if you need something to be done that well when you for yeah, my might instead of making it 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 poets overnight. she could or no, i'm with, i'm going to begin her. 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 progress so far. table, i'm confident i'll be able to replace, i'm assuming or so then what's good? the equipment 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. i guess i'm not the gmc session. i you to my here on life to rash. my name is stone gall guarantee or i'll tell you the truth because the lead my life was not easy. it was defined by

look at a more it didn't have such a full di share. that's why i'm lying and coughing. now. she the only nice thing i love it. if i make snaps from my own apple office, most lovely 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 a p, i too much cut in between the time comments. so you might hope you want to write the truth, some like cross it to a chip that will be up into coach on the truth about a life in just a few words. that's no simple feet for demitra and you on life isn't solely about the highest or the lowest, which is why there will always be space for both at the mary symmetry and spencer

of the. 2 c 2 at the low 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 lots of july, you can, but if i like something then i have to have it run out because still has something i really like lot you. oh cool. so the yeah. i wish you a long live close though. how are you? what about the time? very well, this is the mayor. i'd like to sell. so yeah, but 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 to the 33500 for this man. no. or did you look at her legs like a goddess of a book, the children will see for yourself looking to take a close look at the se. and she kind of what's your final price a little bit better. so there are offers to low on the customer. a negotiation is underway, the mentees and provoke one another. seeing how far they can push it a single hand shake 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 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 those their thoughts 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 the cushion they bought to me. it was like a father in his child. exact as a customer, 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 tennis. returning test, barman horses, and tours. there is pride and joy and one important part of transylvania is vibrant

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