Okay, who's the Romanian??

[lizard]

Is it Lurch or Zod…?? The new issue of Natl. Geographic has an article about the Csángós people of the Romanian Carpathian Mountains.

It’s nice to see that in whatever culture, a nice handful of a firm female buttock is a wonderful thing.

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[lurch70]

it's me ... Csangos, those are most likely either of Hungarian or Gypsy descent (from that picture they look like gypsies)

Some gypsy women are teh hott!!!

 

[lizard]

the article says they claim to be descendants of Attila the Hun.

 

[lurch70]

so they are Hungarians ...

 

[lizard]

but since they're gypsies...

 

[lizard]

okay, this is interesting...

"Whether those forebears were Huns (as his name suggests), Hungarians, or Romanians remains unclear. Both Hungary and Romania claim the Csangos as their own - a source of tension between the two nations."

 

[lurch70]

"Whether those forebears were Huns (as his name suggests), Hungarians, or Romanians remains unclear. Both Hungary and Romania claim the Csangos as their own - a source of tension between the two nations."

that goes back a few hundred years ... especially in Transilvania tensions have always been high between the Romanians and Hungarians ... Transilvania used to belong to Hungary not too long ago, this is why there are so Hungarian speakers there.

I happen to speak both languages myself.

One thing is for sure ... nobody wants to claim the gypsies as their own.

 

[NAD]

I'd like to claim a hot gypsy woman as my own.

 

[lurch70]

here are some cool pics of life in a typical Romanian village

http://www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/Romania/VillageLife/November/November.htm

 

[NAD]

"I AM IRON MAN!!!"

 

[MFJ]

here are some cool pics of life in a typical Romanian village

http://www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/Romania/VillageLife/November/November.htm

awesome

 

[lurch70]

the photgrapher ... she has more photos here:
http://www.klmphoto.com/RomaniaTrip.htm

click on the 3 pics on that page

i really like that simple life in those villages. whatever is left from my fathers family ... they live the same way in northern Transilvania.

 

[MFJ]

Oh how I wish to leave this town...

 

[KILL TULLY]

http://www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/Romania/VillageLife/November/November.htm

that is fucking awsome.

 

[lurch70]

The Shepherd, Ocna Şugatag, România, 2000
Villagers complain that shepherds are lazy because in summer they only stand by their sheep while everyone else has to make hay. No one complains in winter.
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[MFJ]

best.shit.ever.

 

[lurch70]

what is weird and great at the same time in Romania, is that these typical villages are usually only a short distance away from modern cities.

yet, these villagers are so used to this way of life, this simplistic basic survival, that none of them crave the big city life. some of their kids eventually move to cities but a lot of them stay.

 

[Erik]

Those are some pretty heavy metal sheep

 

[lurch70]

great authentic gypsy band that I just found out about today ... even though they seem to have been around for some time

http://www.romanodrom.com/eng_index_1024.html

sample track ...
http://www.romanodrom.com/audio/ando_foro/Romano_Drom_-_Kanak_Ratyi.mp3

going to see them live end of this month ... after we get properly hammered for such festivities

Romano Drom's music reflects the tradition and modernity of the music of
the Oláh Gypsies from Valachia, Hungary, who were traditionally horse
traders and travelling salesmen who entered the country in the middle of the
19th century. The Oláh lived on the margin of society and created their own
music expressing Roma life. They traditionally don't use any instruments
apart from domestic utensils, such as water cans, wooden spoons or any other
percussion implement. Since the 1960s, young gypsies have introduced the
guitar and sometimes the mandolin or the tambura.