A Romanian young man studying in the US wanted to see what Americans know about his country. The images posted on you tube have been viral in a short time.
Illustrative image. Photo: video capture
The young man says at first that he tried to approach people from three different categories. This is how he discussed with several nice young people, a policeman and his history teacher, who is also a doctor in the field.
The vlogger also says that he also asked about other people about Romania, and usually the Americans seemed to know about Simona Halep, others asked him about Hagi or Nadia, but some knew absolutely nothing.
The first approach, a young woman with Afro hairstyle, acknowledged that she knows nothing about Romania. The same thing happened with the following people who came out. He managed to link a discussion with two sympathetic teenagers, but who did not know anything.
“You have some beautiful valleys”
“You have some beautiful buildings. And you have some very beautiful valleys … I know nothing about Romania ”, they recognized the kids. “I know the language is difficult, probably. It’s nice ”they said, and then asked him if he was from Romania. “Yes, I am from Romania ”he confirmed, and made them guess what colors the flag of Romania has. “Red”one of them began, “Yellow“, The other continued.”Yes, another color? ”he asked.
“Green and white“, The teenagers tried.”No, it’s blue, yellow and red”, The Romanian explained them.
The next one was a young man, who remembered something vague. “Yes, I know Vlad Țepeș ”he said.
“I would have liked to know more about Romania”
Then the vlogger approached a smiling policeman. “I would have liked to know more about Romania“He acknowledged, after which he looked:”I think you were teaching me something ”, said the policeman.
“Okay, so Romania is a very strong country. You should be more interested in it. Because we are a country in Eastern Europe. We have a mix of several cultures. Such as Balkan culture, but I was also a province of the Roman Empire, until 275 DHR. The first perfect 10 in the history of gymnastics was obtained by Nadia Comăneci.
said the Romanian.
“What is the average temperature there? ”the policeman was interested. “Now, I think it’s like here in Utah ”the vlogger replied.
After discussing with the policeman, he addressed his history teacher, who is also a doctor in history. He did not impress, and more he said that the Romanians are Slavic.
“The people there were a kind of Slavic origin.”
“A historical fact that I know about Romania is that the Romanian name is after Rome. Because it was incorporated into the Roman Empire. At one point it was called Dacia. What attracted the Romanians in Romania was its richness in silver and gold, which was something they desperately wanted from that region. Another thing I know about Romania is this: the people there were of a Slavic origin, who spoke Slavic languages. The Romanians were converted to Christianity and believe that figures like Cyril and Methodius created an alphabet that has become called Cyrillic alphabet. Which was used in places such as Moravia, Eastern Europe, etc. It was something that was adapted specifically from Greek, in order to have a written language and to understand Christianity ”, the teacher started.
Then continued: “Another thing I know about Romanians, but also the most frightening of all, is that in the medieval period Romania had a scary leader”, at which point he was interrupted by the Romanian, who in question if it was about Vlad Țepeș. “Yes, good people, Vlad Țepeș, who was voivode in Romania and was not afraid to punish the people they did not like by a horrible method of torture-the shooting. I know that at one point the Turks were preparing to invade its territory, to invade Romania, and to discourage it. What to attack such a monster? ”. But I think interesting about him, about Vlad, is that his father was a member of the Transylvanian or Romanian Order. And his father being a member of the Order of the Dragon or the devil, he was known as Dracula, which means the Dragon’s son. A frightening ruler, but is interesting because in the 1800s, towards the end of the century, the writer Bram Stoker uses it and binds him to another East-European phenomenon, vampires. Somehow, Stoker is great and unites, creates the Dracula character, which is like a reincarnation of the ruthless Romanian or Transylvanian tyrant. These are a few things I know about Romania ”concluded the American teacher.
