Are there any vampire comunities in Romania?
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No, not that I know of. I'm from Romania, I live in the Transilvania region and I have to say I haven't seen any vampires, ever :) People around here don't care about such things, we only see vampires in movies, just like everyone else and the whole Dracula story is most definitely not a part of our daily lives. We're just your average people, living our average lives :)\nThere are a few Goth comunities though, but they usually consist in young highschool teens.
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I am not from Romania but I find Romania to have a wonderful history and culture. Vlad Tepes was a very interesting kind, a person I do research on. Romanian is also a magnificent language and LOVE the accent.
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Heres two Romanian chat rooms. One in English...\nhttp://www.romania.org/\nOne in Romanian...\nhttp://www.romanialibera.ro/chat/
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România /ro.mɨ'ni.a/) is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast; Hungary and Serbia and Montenegro in the west and Bulgaria to the south along the Danube River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the Black Sea and the eastern and southern Carpathian mountains run through its centre. Romania has been a member of NATO since 2004, and is also an acceding country to the European Union. The EU Accession Treaty was signed in early 2005, and Romania is due to join the Union on January 1, 2007.
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The Easy Romanian Online Course consists of 19 units. \n\nThis course has been especially designed for those of you who have a Romanian girlfriend, boyfriend, wife or husband and would like to surprise them with some Romanian romantic phrases and some other more words in their own language.\n\nYou can find it here: \nhttp://www.easyromanian.com/
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Absolutely.  I'd love to visit all of the countries if it were possible.  That's a pretty lofty goal, too, because I've only been to a few... live in the US, been to Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas.  Not too far from home!\n\nWhats your favorite thing about Romania?
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Here is a site with Romanian alphabet.
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First of all, in old romanian beleifs, garlic is used to keep away vampires, not ghosts. We are talking beleifs from aproximately 500 years ago. \nThe Western vampires, who get out of their tombs for sucking their victims` blood, turning them into beings like them, can be considered the represention of the “strigoi” or “moroi” from the Romanian tradition.\nIn romanian old beleifs a dead person could become a vampire even without being bitten by one. That kind of vampire ( moroi ) did`t necessarely fed on the wictim`s blood, instead it troubled the victim`s sleep, visiting his dreams and/or stealing his vital energies in order to sustain it`s existence.\nThere is a very good novel that covers this subject Mircea Eliade - Domnisoara Christina (original, romanian) - Miss Christina ( english translation) - you can also do a Ysearch for these topics.\nSo what is the connection between Saint Andrew and the custom of puting garlic on doors and windows ?\nExplanation 1:\nArround Saint Andrew begins the mateing season for the wolves. Wolves are howling alot in this season, searching for their mate, also they travel more and are bolder in their incurssions. Sometimes they get very close to houses of remote villages deceived by the smell of the female dogs.\nSome beleifs say garlic is good "spiritual" protection against wolves and especially werewolves. \nAs you now garlic has a very strong smell. It is possible tht it could be used to cover the rest of the smells of the house. So that  wolves can`t detect the smell of the female dogs, or even the smell of the cattle or provissions for the winter. A few hundred years ago, during the harsh winters, in remote villages, wolves attaked frequently driven by hunger, eating cattle, stealing provisions, and when in pack even attaked humans. \nSaint Andrew is beleived to be the master of the wolves, the protector of people attaked by them. Saint Andrew also protects the houses and the travelers form wolves.\n\nExplanation 2\nI will use the term vampire for easier lecture, but in fact we are talking about "strigoi" or "moroi"\nSt. Andrew`s Eve is one of the most important nights in the folk calendar, being known as the „vampires` night”. It is said that vampires are going out and fight or dance at the crossroads or near the abandoned houses.\nA great party called „guarding the garlic” is held on this night. The young people from the village gather in a house whose windows and doors were grazed with garlic. Other pieces of garlic are put in a vase, every girl bringing three. They will be guarded by an old woman, at the light of the candles. The young people party until morning, when the vase is taken out in the yard and they dance around it. The pieces of garlic are then given to the participants, being used as a mean of protection against illness or spells.\nIn order to protect themselves against the vampires, the people graze the doors with garlic, thus forming crosses and turn the pottery with the face to the ground. The vampire can`t enter the house so he appears at the window and tries to attract people, calling them and asking them if they ate garlic. The people must not answer, otherwise becoming dumb.\nAgain these beleif are more than 500 years old.
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I've met several. \n\n First, there are the energy vampires. Everyone gets their energy in different ways if they use any kind of well, power, for lack of a better term. I'm lucky- I get mine from the earth. Some people, however, get it from other people. This is only a problem if they don't know they're doing it. The unconsious energy suckers will drain and drain and never stop and never give back. You've met them, I'm sure- people who for no obvious reason are exhausting to be around. If they know they're doing it, it can be a pleasurable experience for both parties, and they won't overdo it. \n\nThere are also the modern blood drinkers. Many of these are people who drink blood to get the energy from it, but they may also drain energy psychically as well. Many of them base their outward demeanor on famous blood users of the past such as Countess Elisabet Bathory (sorry- her name was not "bloody mary") who was perhaps the most prolific serial killer in history- or Vlad Dracul (Dracula) who is regarded in his country as a great hero- not a monster. \n\nMany folkloric stories about vampires are based on diseases, actually. Slavic folklore does not distinguish between a werewolf and a vampire. Anemia could lead one to appear undead and to crave iron, and some disfigurements can lead one to look somewhat like an animal. \n\nSome kinds of fair folk in Western European folklore have been known to drink blood, as well. As for these and the traditional shapechanging, blood drinking vampires- I haven't seen them, but I don't discredit the stories entirely. The world is a weird place.
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Try these...  Pretty sure what you are looking for is Kindred.\nhttp://www.obeah.demon.co.uk/\nhttp://www.bloodlust-uk.com/inner_home.htm\nhttp://www.sanguinus.com/\nhttp://www.tzimisce.net/\nhttp://thepathofblood.com/\nhttp://www.afn.org/~vampires/
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Whoa!! small world.  My family is from that town.  I'm sorry I don't speak german or romanian.  Only russian.  You wouldn't happen to know the Ballmers would you?  I think there are several that still live there.
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Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy), often having supernatural powers, heightened senses and physical abilities, and/or the ability to physically transform. Some cultures have myths of non-human vampires, such as demons or animals like bats, dogs, and spiders. Vampires are often described as having a variety of additional powers and character traits, extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.\n\nVampirism is the practice of drinking blood from a person/animal. Vampires are said to mainly bite the victim's neck, extracting the blood from the carotid artery. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gain supernatural powers by drinking human blood. The historical practice of vampirism can generally be considered a more specific and less commonly occurring form of cannibalism. The consumption of another's blood (and/or flesh) has been used as a tactic of psychological warfare intended to terrorize the enemy, and it can be used to reflect various spiritual beliefs.\n\nIn zoology and botany, the term vampirism is used to refer to leeches, mosquitos, mistletoe, vampire bats, and other organisms that prey upon the bodily fluids of other creatures. This term also applies to mythic animals of the same nature, including the chupacabra.\n\n\nEtymology\n\nEnglish vampire comes from German Vampir, in turn from early Old Polish *vąper' (where ą is a nasal a, and both p and r' are palatalized), in turn from Old Slavic *oper (with a nasal o) or Old Church Slavonic opiri. It is similar to Serbian verb piriti, "to swell", and to Greek apyros, "not undergone by fire". The Slavic word, like its cognate netopyr' ("bat"), comes from the PIE root for "to fly". The word Upir as a term for vampire is found for the first time in written form in 1047 in a letter to a Novgorodian prince referring to him as 'Upir Lichyj' (Wicked Vampire).\n\n\nVampires in ancient cultures\n\nTales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned in early Babylonian demonology, and the bloodsucking Akhkharu even earlier in the Sumerian mythology. These female demons were said to roam during the hours of darkness, hunting and killing newborn babies and pregnant women. One of these demons, named Lilitu, was later adapted into Jewish demonology as Lilith. Lilitu/Lilith is sometimes called the mother of all vampires. For further information, see the article on Lilith.\n\nThe Ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet in one myth became full of bloodlust after slaughtering humans and was only sated after drinking alcohol colored as blood.\n\nIn Homer's Odyssey, the shades that Odysseus meets on his journey to the underworld are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact that Odysseus uses to his advantage to summon the shade of Tiresias. Roman tales describe the strix, a nocturnal bird that fed on human flesh and blood. The Roman strix is the source of the Romanian vampire, the Strigoi and the Albanian Shtriga, which also show Slavic influence.\n\nIn early Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) silver and could be destroyed by cutting off its head and putting it between the corpse's legs or by putting a wooden stake into its heart.\n\nMedieval historians and chroniclers Walter Map and William of Newburgh recorded the earliest English stories of vampires in the 12th century.\n\nMany vampire legends also bear similarities to legends regarding succubi or incubi.\n\n\nFolk beliefs in vampires\n\nIt seems that until the 19th century, vampires in Europe were thought to be hideous monsters from the grave. They were usually believed to ri
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Only if you are a vampire.
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Află aici.   :)\n\nhttp://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=Romanian&to=English
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Hi ! I'm 19 ( GIRL ) and I'm from Romania ... more exactly from Constanta a city by the black see :) ... wanna visit ? this summer ? we have beautifull beaches :) ...
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it is a city in romania, click on the link given below......
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania#History\n\nwhatever u want to know is here.\ngood luck!