Transylvania - are the Vampires Hungarian or Romanian ?

This day is overwhelmed by my memories, when I arrived a few years ago in Magyarlapad, a village in the deep of Transylvania, which is more Hungarian than Budapest... well, the name says it all really. More on that time you can read in a previous blog:

Lets start the day by listening to some lovely music from that region, accompanied by a great gallery of traditional pictures:

Let me take you now for a 'walk' through the non-musical treasures of Transylvania. This article will lead you through a lot of magical places, including cute medieval towns and Count Dracula's castle:

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/romania/articles/cultural-guide-to-transylvania-bringing-a-legend-to-life/

Wikipedia is giving the fact about population and music:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Transylvania

Lets explore the Hungarian branches of Transylvania. A lovely mini music documentary features Hungarian music from Transylvania (how strange this sounds!) accompanied by another set of images from magical Transylvanian places:

The big link from our last days in Budapest and and our virtual today here in Transylvania is Tanchaz, the folk music movement, which is huge in Transylvanian regions with a large Hungarian population. Lets listen to Tcha Limberger again, whose Kalotaszeg Trio is dedicated to performing this music from the Kalotaszeg region in Transylvania:

One thing which can not be missed, when walking through rural Transylvania in summer months is a wedding. So let me invite you along to a wedding procession with lots of music and dance:

Before leaving Hungarian and ex-Hungarian regions, it's time for you to learn another tune. Minek a Szöke Énnékem – it means ‘What shall I do with a lond one?’Enjoy !

I would like to end our Transylvania visit with some of my own contributions:

I planned to show you some images of Count Drakula’s favourite places, which I took on my travels in 2012. However, when looking for them I remembered  tragic story:

After travelling back from Clejani, the village where the group Taraf de Haidouks live, I had lost my backpack in the train station (yes, I lost it, it was not stolen by Gypsies, as the station manager was convinced), and all my amazing images were lost - I had not cried that badly in a long time, when I realised. 

So here only a musical contribution, this is my arrangement of a Kalotaszeg Czardas and Sapora, which I learned from Tcha Limberger. Here performed with my group Tatcho Drom: