Mr. Giant Reacts Discover Romania: Europe's Most Mysterious Country? 43 Fascinating Facts

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  • @MrGiant
    @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +42

    More Romania Reactions:
    ruclips.net/video/HjUxvk4eDg0/видео.html

    • @Michelangelo84
      @Michelangelo84 10 месяцев назад +3

      one more thing should be mentioned, namely the fact that Romanians like to live in their own house, not to rent, it should also be said that we love nature very much.

    • @suareluna2064
      @suareluna2064 9 месяцев назад

      @@Michelangelo84 exact

    • @ciuzdamm
      @ciuzdamm 9 месяцев назад +3

      After the 101AD and 106AD wars, the Romans took about 2,000 Tonnes of Gold and about 4,500 Tonnes of Silver from Dacia.

    • @danutvornicu
      @danutvornicu 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@ciuzdamm Rather stolen than taken... a usual activity in fact for any empire.

    • @otiliajuni
      @otiliajuni 9 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for doing this!! Talking about my beautiful country!💙💛❤

  • @BitsofEurope
    @BitsofEurope 10 месяцев назад +794

    I'm English but moved to live in Romania 7 years ago. Not one single regret. Beautiful country and great hospitable people and a rich history. I'm here for the rest of my life. Multă sănătate!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +64

      I can tell they are very friendly in the comment of my videos. Its on my bucket list of places to go.

    • @tenzindolma6266
      @tenzindolma6266 10 месяцев назад +7

      So glad you did it ! Where are you located?

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +15

      @@tenzindolma6266 I am in the US. Originally from the Caribbean.

    • @tenzindolma6266
      @tenzindolma6266 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@MrGiant Ha ha, the question was adressed to BitsofEuope, who wrote he moved to Romania. I was curious what place did he choose for...

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +8

      @@tenzindolma6266 lol. Sorry. Half asleep over here

  • @Imacc2012
    @Imacc2012 9 месяцев назад +138

    A few corrections: "Martisor" day is not May 1st, it is March 1 and symbolizes the first day of spring. The food specialty " drob de miel" is not a national dish but is one of the main staples at Easter time. A national dish would include "sarmale cu mamaliga" sau "ciorba de perisoare". If you plan to visit Romania, do not use the spelling and pronunciation used in the video to greet locals or ask for directions. That is a very poor Google translation. Instead, ask first in plain English and then listen to their response in Romanian. A more efficient way to learn the basics.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад +12

      Thank you for the tip I am going to try and learn a little Romanian before visiting.

    • @apoklyptykl13DMT
      @apoklyptykl13DMT 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@MrGiant most people speak basik english and all young people do so no problem there. the thing is you pronounce the letters difrently loock into that.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      @@apoklyptykl13DMT I will thank you.

    • @bboylalu
      @bboylalu 9 месяцев назад +2

      I figured I have to watch the original video and make fun of it. This guy is pretty much just reacting, it's not his fault.

    • @romi929
      @romi929 9 месяцев назад +1

      Very good observations. I agree. I am also a native Romanian from Brasov . It’s a beautiful city .😊

  • @stefanabs1123
    @stefanabs1123 9 месяцев назад +30

    I'm from Romania, it's a very, very beautiful country, it's a shame that we have a leadership and corruption beyond limits

    • @mauvefleur4901
      @mauvefleur4901 8 месяцев назад

      Corruption is the poison in this world. Shame most government leaders are rotten corrupted and selfish, heartless people.

    • @mauvefleur4901
      @mauvefleur4901 8 месяцев назад

      Corruption is the poison in this world. Shame most government leaders are rotten corrupted and selfish, heartless people.

  • @thebanished87
    @thebanished87 10 месяцев назад +25

    It's also a mystery how our tax money disappear and the state never seems to have money for public services or good roads

  • @Foodaholic1988
    @Foodaholic1988 8 месяцев назад +5

    My husband is a Romanian.. We took our kids to Transylvania for Halloween last week. They had a blast. Not to forget the mouth watering Romanian foods specially the desserts ❤️

  • @cameliabbc5482
    @cameliabbc5482 10 месяцев назад +23

    Romania is very rich in resources, of all kinds. It is very similar to an African country that owns diamond mines and yet its citizens are kept in poverty.

    • @univers368
      @univers368 8 месяцев назад +2

      Good comparison! And never recognized for what it is, just like Africa. I hope our time will come. ♥️💛💙

    • @victorprice7431
      @victorprice7431 8 месяцев назад

      Finally someone exposes some truth about Romania! Thanks!
      Most of westerners don't want to speak about the poverty and corruption, racism etc.

  • @dansebastiancostin3590
    @dansebastiancostin3590 10 месяцев назад +47

    As a person born and raised in Romania it's fascinating and humbling to see people be interested in our culture, food and scenery. As for food I would recommend, definitely "drob de miel" as they said in the video. It's just amazing 😻. And also "sarmale" which is basically a mix of usually ground pork meat with rice seasoned with condiments, wrapped up in cabbage/lettuce leaves and then boiled. Mmm. The outcome is definitely to die for.
    From what I heard it wasn't INVENTED in Romania but we're pretty much known for it being one of our staple foods nowadays.
    6:33 - Pretty sure they meant 1st of March not May...

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +6

      I have heard of sarmale before. i think I have even seen it when Ilived in New York. Would love to try it for sure.

    • @dansebastiancostin3590
      @dansebastiancostin3590 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@MrGiant Mhm. If you visit Romania someday I hope you document it so we can see what you think of the country after experiencing it for yourself. We'd love to have you ^-^

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +2

      @@dansebastiancostin3590 I difinitely will be filming it and posting it on here. The plan is todo that everywhere i go.

    • @motheape4881
      @motheape4881 9 месяцев назад

      Steamed!

    • @nenadpopov3601
      @nenadpopov3601 9 месяцев назад +1

      Lol in Serbia we call it sarma and now I'm thinking I don't think there is a Balkan country that doesn't have their version of this dish.

  • @lalayastill610
    @lalayastill610 10 месяцев назад +51

    To me the best Romanian food, which I can't get anymore, was smoked pork muscle that's been preserved in pork lard. My grandma used to make it. She'd take a couple of pieces out, fry them and serve them to me with mamaliga and a nice simple veggie sauce we call tocanita de ceapa si ardei (just a bit of freshly picked onion, bellpeppers, tomatoes and parsley). I've never had better tasting pork

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +8

      Sounds great!

    • @DeannaSt
      @DeannaSt 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@MrGiantWhat he calls “mamaliga” here is in fact polenta which is boiled maize made thicker and harder than porridge and served as replacement for fries or bread as a side to the “stew” called “tocanitza”.

  • @Benice22
    @Benice22 9 месяцев назад +15

    I am Romanian, born and lived there for 19 yrs before I left the country. Some of the facts mentioned in this video, I didn't know myself, either. All the traditions and celebrations and stuff, I only know a few of them. I learned a great deal about my country from youtube channels visitors. I do love my country and would like to go back and visit some day. Romania is indeed very nice country and has a rich historic past. Food and culture and hospitality is good as well. I hope every tourist visitor has a good experience visiting there. God bless Romania.

  • @petrucolompar229
    @petrucolompar229 9 месяцев назад +5

    I am Gipsy born in Romania . I escaped Romania with my brother in march 1981 crossing on car tubes the Danube river to Yugoslavia im very happy in Australia I have four brothers and two sisters in Romania I never been back but I cry many times for my country I miss Romania very much my parents died I never had a chance to go back at list at their funeral. I hope one day to go back to live there visit all those beautiful places that I didn’t even new most of them that existed . I’m shame of myself that I found out true a colour brother from USA . I love Australia very much , and also I love Romania also . God Bless Australia and Romania. and all countries in the world. I want to go back to eat sarmale, Mici cu mustar and ciorba de Burta see you there my brother we will eat it together. Rev. Petru C.❤😢👍🏼🙏🏽

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      I understand you missing Romnia, I am from the Caribbean and miss my country also. I have not been back since 1986 and miss eatiung the food, the beach and the people. I hope you get to go back to Romania soon to visit. You have a great day. One love.

  • @gabbibadiu
    @gabbibadiu 9 месяцев назад +19

    You made a point about "battle for the control of the country" so nobody can immagine how rich this country is, is like a blessed land like a fountain of richness being stolen from sice I can remember but still have resources to give a reason to battel for. Congrats Mr. Giant !!

    • @gabbibadiu
      @gabbibadiu 9 месяцев назад +1

      Awe, thank you for reaction Sir.

    • @thegreengoblin76
      @thegreengoblin76 9 месяцев назад

      Our riches are our blessing and our curse..

  • @bendis9808
    @bendis9808 9 месяцев назад +7

    I think the video is a minimal summary of what Romania is, but for a possible tourist , I think it is enough to convince him to choose a vacation in Romania.... We have been here for over 2000 years , many have tried to conquer us and have succeeded at some point and yet we exist as a nation .... that says a lot about this people ... Thank you for promoting Romania as you know best .I can only say that ... Romania I love you !!!❤❤❤

  • @elenaschmidt5126
    @elenaschmidt5126 10 месяцев назад +17

    Sint mindrä de tara mea ROMANIA 👍❤❤

    • @kafka27
      @kafka27 9 месяцев назад

      1. Learn to write in English when a video is presented in English.
      2. What did you do especially for Romania?

  • @md.md16
    @md.md16 10 месяцев назад +37

    Thank you for talking about my country. Unfortunately we're badly seen in Europe and stereotyped. I hope in the future it will be more popular and for once I wish people wouldn't ask me if Russian is my language, since I'm from Romania 😂😂. Cheers ❤

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +9

      I Have been interested in your country for decades now.

    • @intice9585
      @intice9585 9 месяцев назад +2

      We are seen badly because a loot of gypsi s talk Romanian outside and people think he is a Romanian not gypsi

    • @annetj444
      @annetj444 8 месяцев назад +1

      I live in a northern European and work in a kindergarten. We have a lot of Romanian children and parents. Everyone is so nice and humble and I just love the Romanian language, it’s very nice

    • @md.md16
      @md.md16 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@annetj444Nice to hear. 😊 Few bad apples don't make the whole country bad, and it shows then. I live in the UK and things are tough because of the stereotype and others always treating you like you're inferior. But heads up always. Greetings 😊

  • @AlexanderBC42
    @AlexanderBC42 9 месяцев назад +5

    You pinpointed the struggles of romania perfectly, as the border of europe there was never but now a time without war. Romania has 2 friends, the serbs and the black sea, all the other tried to invade.

  • @ferencercseyravasz7301
    @ferencercseyravasz7301 10 месяцев назад +149

    Just two things from a Romanian citizen:
    1. While those superstitions, traditions and mystical beliefs do exist indeed they are far less important today, far less people practice them or even know about them than - say - a century ago. Mostly in remote rural areas.
    It's a bit annoying to me that many of the youtube videos that present this country focus so much on these magical elements of the local folklore, people who watch them might get the completely wrong idea that a typical Romanian is permanently preoccupied with these, or that if they ever visit this country they will witness those things.
    In fact there's little chance of any tourist ever seeing one of these ancient traditions, and even if they do get to see them, chances are, the village people are putting up a staged show for them and if the tourists weren't there, they would not bother with all that to be honest.
    2. The pronunciation of every Romanian word in the video is badly butchered, don't try to imitate that :) If the words weren't also written on the screen I wouldn't even know what he was trying to say, it's so bad.

    • @paulinskychisalitaelloquil1394
      @paulinskychisalitaelloquil1394 9 месяцев назад +7

      Such bad pronunciation at least the comentator could have done his homework on how to say thigs corectly even google translator says it better 😅😅

    • @sierraleonediamondexplorat2080
      @sierraleonediamondexplorat2080 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@paulinskychisalitaelloquil1394 Its a computer generated voice... Does it really matter? The overall message was positive. Lots of love.

    • @Astar311
      @Astar311 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@paulinskychisalitaelloquil1394
      ​does the truth really matter in life?😅 Just because he did it with love it doesn't mean you should leave him with wrong visions and ideas and don't talk about reality. Would you like to believe things wrong in life?

    • @ninamaier8436
      @ninamaier8436 9 месяцев назад +7

      I must disagree with you... They are still places where tradition is hold just like hundreed years ago... I still wear proudly the Mărțișor every year on the 9'th of March West all eat the Saints. On the days between Christmas and New Years Eve you see very often disguised Young mens going with Capra on the streets... We have many other traditions that are heald on and are not presented în this video... Ex: Search the meening of "Sorcova", "Plugușorul", "Udatul fetelor în ziua de Paște " ...

    • @ninamaier8436
      @ninamaier8436 9 месяцев назад +4

      I wanted yo respond to one of them Who said that the traditions are nota heald anymore this days and it came ouț as a comment to you... sorry! I am impressed of you re reactions to the video and yes... România is a rich country and this is why they are and was so many who want a sliece of it... you must know that the Roman Empire was reborn with the tones of gold and silver they took from our Land once called Dacia... Thumbs up to you and you re personality! Wish you all the best!

  • @helpdesk9535
    @helpdesk9535 10 месяцев назад +28

    Thanks for promoting Romania sir!!! Much appreciated 🙏

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +1

      Any time! You have a great day.

  • @SuperAngelofglory
    @SuperAngelofglory 9 месяцев назад +4

    Also, you should visit Targu Jiu if you come here. The city hosts a famous group of urban sculptures made by Constantin Brancusi, who was born here. He is known as The Father Of Modern Sculpture and his artwork in Targu Jiu is ment to honor the Romanians who gave their lives for the country in World War 1. As for food, aside from drob and sarmale, I also recommend you try cozonac, a delicious Romanian desert, and our famous street food mici.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for the tip.

  • @lalayastill610
    @lalayastill610 10 месяцев назад +5

    hahahaha ok, about not returning home in case you forgot something, quite the opposite! We go back a million times. It's like we all have OCD or something, because we keep going back just to double check that the stove is turned off, that all the taps in the house are turned off, that we closed all the windows, unplugged things in case it thunders and so on

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +2

      😂😂

  • @contemporanacontemporana4343
    @contemporanacontemporana4343 9 месяцев назад +8

    Romania is a beautiful country, our traditional food is not only drop, there are also sarmales, small ones, belly soup or Radautean soup and many other delicacies, in our country life is more traditional, as well as the kitchen, Romanian women are the two generation and few of the younger ones still keep the tradition of cooking at home, visit Romania, it's a beautiful country, it's worth seeing!.

  • @sandrapg88
    @sandrapg88 9 месяцев назад +3

    Yes yes yes. Romania very in tune with land and nature and spirit. Most of us are outdoorsy and love trying others food! Garlic a fav here, can't wait to one day visit my family there again🥹
    We left in early 90s and relocated to Detroit Michigan.❤

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад +2

      I used to like in Detroit in the late 90s, most of my imediate family still lives thee. I live only six hours drive from there in West virginia.

  • @paddyo3841
    @paddyo3841 10 месяцев назад +11

    Don’t go without a garland of garlic … keep the Draculas away 😂

  • @valentinsimion4945
    @valentinsimion4945 10 месяцев назад +15

    1th of March! is the "Mărțișor" (not May as you mentioned)! ”Călușarii” are not at all ”a secret society”, they are a group of friesds that respect a tradition for New Year. And, actually, in Romania is a blasfemy if you do not recieved ”Călușari” if they are arround, but actually people beleave that if you receive their dance on New Year Eve , you are blessed! And sorry, the guy who made that video, did not care at all about the ”fonetics”! Sounds absolutly horible in Romanian language

  • @gheoman
    @gheoman 10 месяцев назад +5

    Thank God for the internet 'cause with it Romanian people and culture can be discovered worldwide! Our unique belives need to be kept also by younger generations for the years to come! The world is full of mysteries that need to be preserved, our land is blessed with plenty of these and all together enriches our culture and communities.

  • @flaviucalin
    @flaviucalin 10 месяцев назад +9

    Greetings from Romania, Mr. Giant. I'm living in Cluj, only one mile from that strange forest 'Baciu'. My wife saw 30 years ago, standing at the window, a UFO upon Baciu Forest.
    It stood few minutes moving slow around and it flied away, fast, in the sky.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +3

      That is crazy. Makes me want to visit that place.

  • @cunicelu
    @cunicelu 9 месяцев назад +3

    Bran castle is branded as "Dracula's castle" for tourists. The actual castle of Vlad Tepes, after which the fictional character was created, is Cetatea Poienari, situated on the southern end of the Transfagarasan.

  • @user-xi6nk4xs4s
    @user-xi6nk4xs4s 10 месяцев назад +20

    One of the underrated countries in Europe. Unique Latin influences/cultures only seen in Moldavia as well in this region.

    • @cglegionar3383
      @cglegionar3383 10 месяцев назад

      man we romanian we are not latin so please learn

    • @user-xi6nk4xs4s
      @user-xi6nk4xs4s 10 месяцев назад

      @@cglegionar3383 I didn't say that. I said Latin influences. So please learn how to read.

    • @alex47775
      @alex47775 10 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@cglegionar3383Dar noi chiar suntem latini .Ce-i cu tine fratica? 😂 .

    • @cglegionar3383
      @cglegionar3383 10 месяцев назад

      noi romanii nu suntem latini suntem daci @@alex47775

    • @fastcougar3200
      @fastcougar3200 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@user-xi6nk4xs4s We are latin, this guy's hungayrian, ignore him.

  • @fruitblossomblue1133
    @fruitblossomblue1133 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for taking an interest in our country and culture ❤

  • @TheDarkSideOfficial
    @TheDarkSideOfficial 9 месяцев назад +4

    We are so rich but yet so poor, all of our riches are sold by politicians to foreign countries and our country take about 2% out of those sales, the rest go to our politicians.....Yes you are so right, when they find things they come and buy it by force....

  • @gunengineering1338
    @gunengineering1338 10 месяцев назад +61

    Here's some equally and even more interesting facts about Romania:
    * Transylvania comes from the latin words, "Trans-silva" meaning, "trans-forest" or "cross-forest".
    * To answer one of your questions, during medieval times Romania (particularly Wallachia, Transylvania and part of Moldavia) was far more important as a barrier between the ottoman controlled eastern lands and Europe. For that reason no fewer than 2 Romanians are credited with saving Europe and one of them the whole world. One of them, many of you already know. Vladislava Basarab. Aka Vlad the Impaler. The other one is a much more interesting figure imo name Janos Hunyadi or Iancu de Hunedoara in Romanian. He was also the father of king Matthias Corvin.
    * Although the D-Day of the middle ages was fought in present day Serbia, not Romania, the defense was led by a Romanian. That again was Janos Hunyadi. It was the 1456 battle of Nandorfehervar. You may have never heard of it but you've probably heard of things relating to it. San Juan Capistrano was one of the leaders of the defense and the Victory was counted as a miracle in his canonization. The ringing of church bells at noon is a consequence of this battle. And despite being largely forgotten, it is believed that this battle decided the fate of the world. Also, it bears striking resemblance to the battle of Middle Earth in the lord of the rings and may have played an inspirational role.
    * There's a castle in Romania called Turnu Rosu which means "red tower". It has that name because; duting medieval times, it's defenders mixed the blood of fallen Ottoman troops into the mortar when they did repairs to the walls as a warning to leave them alone. The blood coloring in the mortar is visible to this day. Web search the name and you'll probably find pictures of it.
    * Sighisoara is considered the most well preserved medieval town in Europe.
    * Bran castle is located in Brasov (medieval Chronstadt or Cronstad) which was Transylvanian territory. Vlad the impaler never ruled Transylvania. He ruled Wallachia. So; despite all the Dracula's castle nonsense, there's very little to suggest Vlad the Impaler ever set foot in the castle and he almost certainly never controlled it. Other than MAYBE a brief detainment siege during his attack on Timpa hill.
    * Speaking of Dracula. Dracula is made up of "dracul" meaning dragon (draco in latin) symbolically while an "a" or "ya" at the end of the name means, "Jr". So Dracula means, "Dragon Jr." or "son of the dragon". So technically, Jason Scott Lee can be called Dracula. 😁

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +3

      Very interesting, thank you for sharing. I will have to look up Janos Hunyadi for sure. You have a great day. Take care.

    • @gunengineering1338
      @gunengineering1338 10 месяцев назад

      @@MrGiant same to you.

    • @Robert-vb5jd
      @Robert-vb5jd 10 месяцев назад +10

      Actually 'dracul' means 'the devil' in romanian.
      'Drac' translates to 'devil'. The 'ul' at the end of the word is what makes it from 'devil' to 'the devil' himself😂

    • @gunengineering1338
      @gunengineering1338 10 месяцев назад

      @@Robert-vb5jd not according to the several Romanian friends. At least the first part.

    • @Robert-vb5jd
      @Robert-vb5jd 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@gunengineering1338 they probably told you "Drac" comes from the latin word "draco" that in latin means dragon, and yes romanian is a latin language but we gave another meaning to the latin word, in fact we have no dragons in our culture...

  • @otiliajuni
    @otiliajuni 9 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for promoting my beautiful country Romania!
    The food is amazing, amazing sites , beautiful places, traditions are most amazing heritage that we are proud of. Food: sarmale, drob, ciulama de pui, mici, ciorba radauteana, ciorba de burta, mamaliga cu branza, langos, papanasi and many more.
    Amazing video!! The only negative thing i will say, it is the robot voice who pronounce some words rong. I thing it is because of some words.
    Thank you for presenting our Country with all her beauty!! Multumim!!!💙💛❤

  • @A.M.G2
    @A.M.G2 9 месяцев назад +2

    That's my country, with good and bad things 😊..a beautiful country with lot's of history and good food 😁..the only problem it ppl who lead it 😎.. thank you sir for the video..👍

  • @superdrinkerb6432
    @superdrinkerb6432 10 месяцев назад +5

    Throughout history, many peoples, starting with the Romans, then the Huns, the Turks, the Austro-Hungarians, the Germans and the Russians, have disputed the right to rob Romania's riches.

    • @victorprice7431
      @victorprice7431 8 месяцев назад

      True! Now they don't have to do it. The government is inviting them to come and rub them!

  • @alexandrupatru2892
    @alexandrupatru2892 10 месяцев назад +9

    So chill, curious and wise. I love your channel, you have that combination of a childlike eagerness to explore and learn with a hard earned wisdom of a grandfather. And I agree.... We are all the same, people that have the same needs, fears, desires and weaknesses. And flaws, unfortunately. Noroc (=cheers)!

    • @alexandrupatru2892
      @alexandrupatru2892 10 месяцев назад +3

      And, to go fully Romanian (it would be a shame not to, sorry, but this is ingrained in Our blood, maybe it goes beyond Ancient Greece, cause they have the same thing We seemed to have borrowed), you are always welcomed in Romania and everyone would feel obliged to make you have the best time of your life. Love from Romanian Country (Valahia region, South. The other 3 historical countries were Moldova and Transilvania).

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you so much 🤗 Hope you are having a great weekend.

  • @Stories10
    @Stories10 9 месяцев назад +3

    If you come to Romania, it will be a great holiday. I guarantee you. As it is very safe, plan to travel a lot, move from region to region, see natural places, historical and modern. There's something for every tourist, no matter his or her taste

  • @FCDinADN48
    @FCDinADN48 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thx for your friendly reaction from România

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      Our pleasure! Have a great day.

  • @clarakam3858
    @clarakam3858 10 месяцев назад +12

    Send you love from Romania❤❤❤❤ Serbia very good food ,amazing ppl, beautiful country❤. Send love from Romania to Serbia ❤ If you come to România try cabage rolls with polenta( sarmale cu mămăligă) & mici ( small ones with mustard & bread) ❤Mărțișor is on 1 of March ,not May and in 8 March we celebrate mother Day.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you! 😃 I will have to try that cabage rolls with polenta. I love cabbage.

    • @clarakam3858
      @clarakam3858 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@MrGiant trust me is very good, and with sour cream on top and a red or green chili pepper , oh my God.

  • @Eduard-pn1br
    @Eduard-pn1br 8 месяцев назад +3

    I am a Romanian, one of our tradition food is "Sarmale"

  • @gabrielaciuca9290
    @gabrielaciuca9290 10 месяцев назад +5

    About the merry cemetery : one of the most famous inscriptions on the cross of the tomb
    Under this big heavy rock
    Lays my poor mother in law
    One more day if she would live
    I would lay and she would read

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you for sharing.

    • @raluca6926
      @raluca6926 9 месяцев назад

      😄😄😄

  • @iceblu4713
    @iceblu4713 9 месяцев назад

    Super cool !!! I am so happy that more foreigners are discovering my country and culture.

  • @freedomsdead647
    @freedomsdead647 9 месяцев назад +3

    Hi 👋, if you plan to visit Romania, you should turn on the carnivore side, because all our dishes have meat in them. Also, it’s still kinda difficult to eat vegan food everywhere, but in villages you can get fresh vegetables, which are simply amazing.
    Cheers and thank you for your interest in our country!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for the tip! I do eat chicken mostly but I am open to try any food. If I travel I will try lol. Have a great day.

  • @sprintm.d.8969
    @sprintm.d.8969 9 месяцев назад +3

    Excelent . I"m from Bucharest and I was happy to see you, coment about Romania. I hope, one day, visit this country.
    Find out more, for example : Bucegi mountens and what find NASA sattelites about Buceg
    Have a nice life!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Sounds great!

  • @CN82859
    @CN82859 9 месяцев назад +3

    Romanian traditions are unique in the world.😊

  • @_Amy-Ro_
    @_Amy-Ro_ 9 месяцев назад +16

    Do you know where half the iron for the Eiffel Tower came from? From Reșița, Romania!🇷🇴
    (I’m a Romanian myself so I’m very proud of my country)

    • @Stories10
      @Stories10 9 месяцев назад +3

      This is not true. Just an urban legend

    • @just_me_myself_and_I_99
      @just_me_myself_and_I_99 9 месяцев назад +3

      Romania haved the biggest iron industry in Europe in some period so it can be true.

    • @Stories10
      @Stories10 9 месяцев назад

      @@just_me_myself_and_I_99We never had the biggest iron industry in Romania and this Resita source for the Eiffel Tower has been debunked. Just google it!

    • @radug.8824
      @radug.8824 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Stories10Before false assuming you know the truth I dare you to visit the Eiffel Tower and see for yourself the very pieces of metal having the Reșița factory logo printed into metal. So, time for bed, truth seeker! Sweet dreams! 😂

  • @XpertShooter00
    @XpertShooter00 9 месяцев назад +2

    I am a Romanian. I think I speak for the majority of romanians when I say that drob is the best thing ever, you should definitely try making it!

  • @CjrRbt
    @CjrRbt 9 месяцев назад

    Thx for the video!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      No problem!

  • @kingajackson9118
    @kingajackson9118 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love your reactions. Thank you for reacting to Romania❤ I haven't been in my country in 10 years, definitely miss it.
    Romania has some beautiful landscapes and culture🙂🇷🇴

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much!!

  • @D10RC
    @D10RC 10 месяцев назад +9

    I taught us Irish were superstitious, no Romania is by far.

    • @qwertyqwerty-zi6dr
      @qwertyqwerty-zi6dr 10 месяцев назад +6

      All of those superstitions and rituals are almost gone, the younger romanians are very westernized" and those traditional rituals and stuff lilk these are not anymore like it was before 2010s I would say

    • @charon7320
      @charon7320 9 месяцев назад

      romanians and irish are united by some historical events when some proto-romanians, namely aromanian (greek and albanian from vlach origin - vallahia) when they went into a war campaign in ireland, some of them are still there. macedonians or aromanians are a greek tribe akin to sparta with vlachian influences. aromanians are found today in greece, albania, serbia, montenegro, romania, bulgaria, sicily, ireland and wherever they campaigned. the actual music that aromanians have is very similar with irish music in terms of tempo and how it sounds overall. from there the actual drob that resembles an irish food made in a similar manner, namely haggis.

  • @alinacatalinoiu226
    @alinacatalinoiu226 9 месяцев назад +1

    It was almost complete, but you didn't mentioned the Moldavien Monasteries. About the red thread around the wrist is true, funny in the same time... Thank you for your film...

  • @Blacknarock
    @Blacknarock 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for reacting to our country facts. About the battles you are right. Across the history manny armies tried to claim out country making thier own. For the strategic position and the reaches. Our ancestors fought bravely every time driving the invaders out. Even when they were outnumbered. This hasn't change today and manny try to claim parts of our country even today. Unlike then there is no one to fight now. But it still is a beautiful country and open to all tourists. We also have one of the oldes records of our ancestors being here like thousands of years back.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Thank you for sharing.

  • @angrydemon7885
    @angrydemon7885 9 месяцев назад

    im so proud of my country and i see that you like the way it is so thanks that you see his majesty

  • @geeninebee
    @geeninebee 8 месяцев назад +1

    There's some mistakes, like confusing 1 of May (Labour Day) with 1 of March, which is Mărțișor.
    There's also some bad prononciation on places and usual phrases.
    Sarmale is also a traditional food , in vine leaves or in fermented cabbage. Almost every family has it's own recipe.
    And the ear tingling it's not the most accurate word, it's whizzing or ringing in the ear.
    Tingling or itching of the nose is also a thing, and it means you're either get scolded or beaten.

  • @olgaroche2929
    @olgaroche2929 10 месяцев назад

    Yes it’s true! Thank you!

  • @rositasultana3958
    @rositasultana3958 10 месяцев назад +8

    Interesting clip, but what i liked the most was your open minded response to all the traditions and quirky superstitions thousands of years old ❤

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you. The island i am from have a lot of its own superstitions. We are not that different, just a little. You have a great day.

  • @floweroflife0306
    @floweroflife0306 9 месяцев назад +2

    Exactly, you've noticed right. The country is too rich, it's been a target all over in the last 2500 years.

    • @floweroflife0306
      @floweroflife0306 9 месяцев назад

      Come and visit Romania whenever you can. You will not regret it.

  • @titusrusu985
    @titusrusu985 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for promoting our country ❤

  • @lauravanderburg4
    @lauravanderburg4 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for making a reaction video about Romania ! ❤❤❤

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад +1

      No problem 😊

  • @giodi27th
    @giodi27th 9 месяцев назад

    One of the best things is that the country is really into many many ideas from most countries

  • @jacekkangaroo4402
    @jacekkangaroo4402 9 месяцев назад +1

    you can also find that kind of crooked forest in Poland, the forests were planted many years ago by carpenters building stylish furniture to construct curved pieces from a single piece of wood

  • @larinho80
    @larinho80 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for your interest, Sir!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  4 месяца назад

      You are welcome. thank you for stopping in. Have a great day.

  • @lucyd.5001
    @lucyd.5001 9 месяцев назад +2

    Romanians: more than 90% own a private property - NO RENT, NO BANKS.

  • @elenaspaniol9695
    @elenaspaniol9695 8 месяцев назад +2

    Mr. Geant
    MULTUMIRI 🤝SI🤗
    PENTRU FILM 👍
    🌲🐺❤️‍🔥🦅🌲
    ROMANIE ,ESTE TARA
    MEA SI A STRABUNILOR MEI 🌿

  • @VisanAndrei911
    @VisanAndrei911 8 месяцев назад +1

    oh man, you have so many to try: Mici, Sarmale, Papanasi, Bulz, just from the top of my head

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  8 месяцев назад +1

      It all sounds so delicious.

  • @togurotoguro
    @togurotoguro 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you for showing to the world my beautiful country!Maybe one day you come visit and see all these places!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      I hope so too! Its on my bucket list.

    • @togurotoguro
      @togurotoguro 9 месяцев назад

      @@MrGiant When you get here try ,,sarmale,, and ,,palinca,, trust me on this one,you wont regret it!

  • @Sir_ProXy
    @Sir_ProXy 9 месяцев назад +1

    As a Romanian, I find it extremely fun that the narrator's pronunciation got some English words wrong and how every other Romanian names were so far off from how they should sound that even I wouldn't recognize them if heard! Buna pronounced "boonheaj" mean nothing lol... it sounds more like "boonah" and it's a short for Buna Ziua which means good day. just funny facts :)

  • @mirceadinu3482
    @mirceadinu3482 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for the insight of this part of Europe called Romaia!
    Wish you a warm welcome to our land!
    🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you. Have a great weekend.

  • @ankarianka9213
    @ankarianka9213 9 месяцев назад

    I am from România & my husband is african. Adorable mix child, powerfull and verry inteligent little girl 3years old. God bless you sir!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Wonderful!

  • @alexandrulupu725
    @alexandrulupu725 9 месяцев назад +1

    It's actually number one in Europe as internet speed, and second in the world after South Koreea. BTW Bran Castle is the same with Dracula Castle from your video. Thanks for sharing these facts about Romania, awesome work !

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the info! Have a great day.

  • @grin1731
    @grin1731 10 месяцев назад +1

    Stimă și respect for you Mr. Giant ❤❤❤mult succes în ce faci ❤❤❤

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you. Have a great week.

  • @ACVARIU
    @ACVARIU 8 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤❤Multumim ! Foarte frumos video 🪷❤️🌹

  • @mariarevnic6415
    @mariarevnic6415 10 месяцев назад +3

    Romanians eat a lot of meat. Different pork dishes are associated with Christmas. Lamb dishes are associated with Easter. Drob is a meatloaf-y thing with a specific texture given by the organs used in making it. It can be nice, it can also get dry (given the fact that baked liver or kidneys can get dry). Lamb hasn't yet the strong flavour of mutton (but has a specific flavour) so that is a plus. I am surprised that, of all the dishes, this is the one that made the list.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you for sharing.

  • @ayeshasaeed3140
    @ayeshasaeed3140 9 месяцев назад

    Calusarii dance is the dance from which provine, Scotland traditional dance and pipes instrument as well from Roumania country 😍😍😍😍

  • @awountarot
    @awountarot 8 месяцев назад

    nice to see your video,I m from Romania but I moved to Sri Lanka because I prefer hot weather.But in has some special energetic places that really changed me after visiting them❤

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for sharing!

  • @buracadorin
    @buracadorin 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing video ;)

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Glad you liked it

  • @lkl3210
    @lkl3210 10 месяцев назад +5

    There's this stigma associated with being an eastern european country and some countries like Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria take offense to being called that and claim they are are in central europe, but this is the first time i've heard the expression south eastern central europe.
    Drob - the easter dish with minced meat - probably closest international equivalent dish would be lamb meatloaf but more herby and garlicky
    Painting intricate designs on eggs can be traced to the persian empire, so you can find it more around those parts, Iran etc, seeped through in time towards the east with trade and migrations and kinda makes sense that in christianity you mostly find it in eastern orthodox branches. Thanks for the video, hope you have a great day!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for commenting. You have a great weekend.

    • @pfefferjozsef
      @pfefferjozsef 9 месяцев назад

      Well, Austria, Hungary, Czechs, Slovaks are Central Europe indeed. Romania is wrongly called Central European. It belongs to the Balkan region. Austria and Hungary belongs to the west geopolitically because we are Roman Catholic. Romania belongs to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

    • @lkl3210
      @lkl3210 9 месяцев назад

      @@pfefferjozsef yeah i mean now it depends on your point of reference, if you mean strictly geographically, i see some of the proposed geographical centers of europe are western ukraine, belarus, lithuania and slovakia, so if you use any except slovakia, austria and czech could be western even, if you take it by religion as you said it's where the split of catholic and orthodox begins, or you can use the more recent one eastern europe starts at former eastern bloc nations, if you take it by economical power then everything east of austria , but still i lol'd at the 'south eastern central europe' expression

  • @cristinaratiu4535
    @cristinaratiu4535 10 месяцев назад +1

    About the romanian "drob" that is the traditional recipee. Done in home mostly no one makes it like that. The most acceptable offlal is liver here and sometimes mixed with meat. But the fingerprint is that it must have a bunch of garlic arpagicum and onion so, beside the fresh dill and parsley

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you for sharing.

  • @alinagavruta432
    @alinagavruta432 9 месяцев назад

    Martisor is on 1th of March, not on 1th on May. Also that building from Bucharest is not the second heaviest but it use to be the second largest one after Pentagon. Now both buildings are outbid by Surat Diamond Bourse, a building in India.

  • @Robbiedehora
    @Robbiedehora 6 месяцев назад

    Sunflowers are also a huge part of Romania's exports .the seeds are loaded onto ships on their black sea ports.

  • @GB-bx6gz
    @GB-bx6gz 10 месяцев назад

    HELLO MY FRIEND , thank you for this beautiful video !!!
    From Romania with love ❤️ !!!

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for visiting. Have a great day.

  • @FAIKU_EU
    @FAIKU_EU 9 месяцев назад

    RESPECT !

  • @DPC-0FF1C1AL
    @DPC-0FF1C1AL 9 месяцев назад +1

    I was born in 3 of march and every year my parents was doing mucenici cake on my birth day and about the "drob" is very Romanian traditional, the flavour of it you can't compare with anything, I can say the "drob" have a unique taste, very tasty and is not spicy at all, you can feel the taste of every ingredient from inside but a predominant taste of parsley, also I can recommend the other traditional Romanian food called " sarmale" in translate is cabbage rolls, Romanian people during the Christmas they do this food called "sarmale" also very tasty food, Romanian people prefer to eat those cabbage rolls with sour cream and spicy chilli near it, also to increase the appetite and taste they love to drink a shot of "palinca" before start to eat, " palinca" in translated vodka or something similar made by 100% fermented fruits (Ex: quins, plums or pear) distillate
    (Ex: Vegetable: tomatoes, cabbage, onions, garlic, cucumber, beans, potatoes, chilli, eggplant, parsley etc.
    unhealthy

  • @MunsterNox
    @MunsterNox 10 месяцев назад +3

    In Romania we can own land, but we can not own the riches of the land. If you discover Coal or Oil on your land, the government will buy your land and sell the exploitations rights to private companies. Often, the land is bought at a fraction of what is worth, sadly.

  • @OltBallMapper
    @OltBallMapper 10 месяцев назад +1

    Sir u need to try Drob (the food in the video) it has a strong taste and it is very easy to make.With this video u have all my respect now 😊

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +1

      I will check it out. Thank you for suggesting. Thank you for watching the video with us.

  • @claudyaclau6146
    @claudyaclau6146 Месяц назад

    Mr Giant...you are a GREAT man ...! Really ONE!!!🎩🎩🎩

  • @dragos05_
    @dragos05_ 10 месяцев назад

    sir you are always welcomed in Romania, have a blessed week

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      So nice. It surely is on the bucket list. Enjoy your week.

  • @anrei0000
    @anrei0000 9 месяцев назад +2

    Sadly, lots of companies taking natural resources from Romania nowadays aren't even from Romania, but working through political leverage to take gold, wood and others outside of the country.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      That is so sad. Hope that changes soon.

    • @anrei0000
      @anrei0000 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@MrGiant the country is amazing, the people need a lot of healing from the past, meanwhile others take advantage. I guess this has been our story for at least a couple thousand years ago. Cheers!

  • @Robert.sPlaythroughs
    @Robert.sPlaythroughs 9 месяцев назад

    That Drob is Good , with raw onnions on the side and some tomatoes... it's like a cold aperitive... it's not a full meal... but it's good, really good.

  • @xiami11
    @xiami11 10 месяцев назад +1

    the pronunciation of these romanian words by the narrator cracks me up, literally sounds like an alien language and nothing like the actual romanian words

  • @maria_loves_cats
    @maria_loves_cats 8 месяцев назад

    I was born in România, and it is a very beautiful county !

  • @Insanerobert44
    @Insanerobert44 9 месяцев назад +1

    I recommend you to watch some other videos regarding Romania, maybe one made locally and translated into English because the pronunciation is off and there's a lot of mistakes about details and data shown in the video.
    I already saw some people highlighting the mistakes, so I'll leave in some additional info about the country's history.
    Technically, Romania was and still is between "Western" and "Eastern" civilisations so you'll see lots of influences in our culture coming from both directions. It was a country perpetually invaded and encircled by empires (up to the late 20th Century), from the Roman Empire, to the Bizantine one, Hungarian Empire, old Polish Empire, Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russian Empire etc. so your guess is right, many people tried to invade these lands for it's resources but also because it's strategically positioned near the border between Europe and Asia (specifically Arabian Peninsula).
    This is also the reason why our culture (from food to language and habits) have lots of influences. Related to our language, some people like to classify it "Latin" because it feels more noble, but it's also a mix between Latin, Slavic, Dacic (the 1st aknowledged ancestors of the land), starting with 18th-19th Century also French and English becomes more prevalent (especially in technical terms or cuisine), but also some minor influences of German, Turkish, Greek, Hungarian and Bulgarian as well. This is why I like to call our language a "ciorba" (it's like a soup, made in Romania, but it also contains vegetables and meat pieces in it's contents and can be a mix of anything).

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Thank you for all the information.

  • @kafka27
    @kafka27 9 месяцев назад

    03:10 That " Drob de miel " it's a must.

  • @magichands87
    @magichands87 9 месяцев назад

    Also, a very good place to visit is the Salt mine from Turda..the largest salt mine in Europe of this kind..also, Deveselu rochet shield... is a very beautiful country, with lots of traditions and good food.. ❤

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  9 месяцев назад

      Sounds great!

  • @2highization
    @2highization 9 месяцев назад +1

    In Romania you only own the land and what is on top of it, if you find oil there it is owned by the state, so goes for the minerals too and everything that is a resource under the land. :)

  • @alinadrian52
    @alinadrian52 10 месяцев назад +1

    Roman: Traditional food to try: "Sarmale" white "mamaliga" / "mici" whit muster (put cheat gtp to translate that for you)

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you for suggesting. I will check thjis out for sure.

  • @cristinaratiu4535
    @cristinaratiu4535 10 месяцев назад

    There also exist the recipe called "stufat" same only around easter holiday

  • @sharkisharky-boi_6934
    @sharkisharky-boi_6934 8 месяцев назад

    As a romanian civilian j love my country and i respect it

  • @cretugeorge456
    @cretugeorge456 9 месяцев назад +1

    you know that Count Dracula is actually a Romanian king who was called Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracul because during the confrontations with the Ottoman Empire he impaled around 20,000 Ottoman soldiers and traitors. I mean, a giant spear was inserted up his ass and out through his mouth.
    When the sultan saw a field full of so many men who were pierced with spears, he gave up the fight and returned to Turkey.
    This is where the legend of Dracula comes from

  • @Michelangelo84
    @Michelangelo84 10 месяцев назад +2

    something that we do not like as people, namely the fact that a certain ethnic group that does not belong to Romania go all over the globe and beg and shame us as Romanians, then we are pointed with the finger as if we are all the same as this ethnicity.

  • @clarakam3858
    @clarakam3858 10 месяцев назад

    This year was filmed here " Adams Family" also❤ we have also in Bucharest every summer in week end a chaine of fountains on the area where the House of parlamainte is ( the haviest building ) that present an amazing show from 21 p.m to 22 p.m in weekend where the water dances on the music and changing lights ,a beautiful show unigue , there are 4 countrys in the world with a show like this & ppl come from all over the world to film it, also lot' s of festivals , Untold Festival, Never Sea festival etc with electronic music with d.j & singers from all over the world, the festivals last 4 days, wach Untold festival the short videos on you tube❤ etc etc etc.

    • @MrGiant
      @MrGiant  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for sharing. I will sure check out that video you suggested. Thak you. Have a great week.

    • @clarakam3858
      @clarakam3858 10 месяцев назад

      @@MrGiant love