WAY OF THE CROSS

Crit ( Cross, Kreuz) is one of  The Saxon Villages of Transylvania  founded  in the XIIth century. The „Lost Villages“  had a special status among nations in the province and their civilisation managed to survive and thrive, forming a very strong community of farmers, artisans and merchants gathered around fortified churches under the constant threat of the Ottoman and Tatar invasions. Nowadays  relatively few people remain, as conservative witnesses of long gone past preserving traditions that have already disappeared in most regions of Eastern Europe. You can still see  horse chartstravelling on main roads, listen to violin music and savour delicious taste of honey, potato bread and Pálinka from small farmers, but they are  quickly trickling away  due to the new specification imposed by EEC rules.  In that regard, you can be just  the last one…

Here comes my photo essay on local Eastern Orthodox religion, strigoi morti, gypsy named Gigi,  drinking beer and Pálinka from 10 am and poetic way back home in 40 yrs old vehicle Dacia:

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