Transylvania's Gábor – between tradition and modernity | DW Documentary
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Publicado 2021-04-09
The Romanian village of Karácsonyfalva is the center of the Gábor Roma community. More than 1,000 Gábor live there. The men wear large black hats, the women long skirts. The men travel all over Europe as traders, while the women raise the children. Most Gábor belong to the Adventist denomination. Many only learned to read in order to study the Bible. Abstaining from pork and above all from alcohol and tobacco makes them targets of curiosity. Considered aristocratic among the Roma people, the Gábor have their own laws in all areas of life. Problems are solved within the community; in cases of conflict, even the police turn to the community leaders. Their biggest and most important celebration is the wedding, the foundation of their society. Gábor marry exclusively among themselves. For this reason, girls are removed from school at age 11 and married at 14. Boys move from organized education to the "school of life" at 14. This documentary follows the marriage of 14-year-old Mundra to 16-year-old Bobbi, while giving a portrait of their families and the wider community. For the first time, they share an insight into their exciting, colorful, contradictory and insular world, in which wealth and poverty collide. This is a tight-knit community, one caught between tradition and the pressures of modernity.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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It's amazing to see the contrasting difference at the end. The wealthy family wants to keep tradition the same while the poor families see a way out of poverty through education
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"Employment is viewed as servitude and a breach of Gabor tradition." I have found my long lost people.
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The way the mother in law treated her new daughter was beautiful 💜
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I am Hungarian, and I want to point out, that during the film, they are talking in 3 different languages... even the children... not necessarily on the highest level, but this is still amazing. We often forgot that these communities are talking multiple languages.
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Sushku - the girl who studies, I hope she achieves everything she dreams of.
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10 seconds in and I’m impressed by the snapping
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I am from Romania and I knew one of those guys, I think he appears in this video at the church scene. He was the father of a friend of mine growing up. The kid was very smart, but dropped out of school after the elementary because his father said that that's enough. They used to make rain drains for roofs and that was what their family has done for generations. I ran into him last year I think and he now has a construction company doing the same thing but on a bigger scale and and kids even though he is just 23. They grow up faster. One thing I always appreciated is their sens of family, even though they were nomadic and moved from region to region to find business, their elder was always in charge and they all respected him.
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This reminds me of the culture my family escaped from in the Ukraine. It breaks my heart when traditions are valued over freedom and building your own life. This was fascinating and yet painful to watch due to memories. When I was 14 years old, I was spending time with my friends and doing well in school. I can’t possibly fathom having to worry about being married off. You’re still a child, regardless of having undergone puberty or not. As interesting as this can be to outsiders, it’s different when you were a part of this kind of culture and managed to escape.
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Mans literally build a whole ass mansion because he was depressed due to his father's death. How do I learn his ways ?
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"How much color do you want?". Gabors: "Yes".
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I love the fact that thr mother in law understands that her new daughter in law and her own son are still just kids. She takes such good care of them. I know many people who should have that mentality too
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I really enjoyed this one. It was great learning about their culture. It would be amazing if a follow-up could be done in the future
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Minimalism is definitely not their thing 😌
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People: Money can't bring you happiness Gábor: Hold my gold bar
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OMG! I cannot find the right words to describe my feelings and thoughts! Another masterpiece from the DW documentary! This is an amazing documentary! I have enjoyed every single minute! Such a great pleasure to know that in our world this type of diversity exists! I am also from a traditional country. Now I am living in the Baltic country but I brought my tradition also with me. I am proud of my customs and I think this is awesome that we are different from each other! It makes us unique! Dear, DW Documentary, I invite you to my country! You will see a lot of diversity in my country. Thank you for an amazing job!
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This really made me smile !! I love how the mother in law takes such great care and pride in making sure her daughter in law is well taken care of . And I love how she understands that they are still children!!! I love learning about new cultures!
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His wife was like “ Stop telling all our business, I ain’t got to love you, I’m here aren’t I !”
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The thing about keeping marriage within the same community when the community is so small.... is that all of them looks the same!
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Until this docu appeared in my feed, I was unaware of the Gabor. Forever curious about different ethnic groups, I watched it with great interest. I won’t judge them for their heritage, culture and traditions, but they are indeed an rather unique people. My primary concern is how can an insular community of 1,000 people living in the same town for 500 years keep their gene pool from becoming polluted due to inter-family marriages and related offspring? It appears like a natural breeding ground for mental and physical defects.
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The guilded bedroom set is sending me over....And here I am, sleeping on an IKEA platform bed, like a commoner
