Towards Central Romania

It is already August, Lockdown has lifted and we can do limited travelling again. However, I really do enjoy our cybertravel, and have for myself discovered a lot of new things. Soooo:

Good Morning in Romania !

Though we spend a few days in Transylvania already, we moved amongst former Hungarian regions. 
Lets tune in, with some typical village Gypsy Romani music from Central Romania: Cantec de dragoste ca la Roata

As in many places, in communist times, the country was cleansed of Gypsy Romani and from Ottoman Turkish influences. The heritage of everyone not Romanian was disregarded, and everyone was homogenised to fit into the communist dictatorship scheme. The folk music and dances were cleansed of any Gypsy Romani or Ottoman influences, but did they succeed? In any case, the Romanian folk music, which the national folk ensembles perform nowadays, does still sound lovely:

The following lovely music track portrays rural music and traditional dresses, and later also a variety of traditional dances:

After this mixture of Romanian musics, lets go back to the beginning of time, or rather as far back as YouTube allows us to go. This old Romanian piece from Wallachia, from the 18^th century Romania, certainly reflects their history of Ottoman occupation:

We travelled through a few hundred miles and a few hundred years, enough for one day. Lets finish the day 'in my garden', with the Hora From Oltenia/Romania, from a Tatcho Drom performance video of a Lockdown Festival:

Lets conclude travelling for today, as tomorrow early morning, you need a fresh head for some hand-on learning...