Transylvania is more than a land of vampire legend, it is an entire space with its own peoples, from Hungarians, to Eurasian Nomads, Saxon colonists and Romanian rebels. In this video we look at the Szekely of Transylvania, Hungarian speakers who number over a million within Romania's borders. This not only enriches Romania as a country, but causes tensions and has a deep history. Why are these people here?

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00:00 Beginning
01:12 Where from?
06:02 Four ways
07:62 A bit of History
17:05 The Situation
23:04 Orbán
24:40 What to do
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