Talking about Transhumance in Transylvania: Vasile Pascu

Roedd Vasile Pascu bugail yn Transilvania. Ym mis Chwefror 2013, dwi wedi cwrdd â fe ar bwys Turda, gyda ei ffrind, Anca Lar Crişan, bugail ei hun, i gofnodi ei farn am drawsrywedd, a chlywed straeon am ei brofiadau ei hun o'r arfer hynafol o arwain defaid ar droed rhwng porfeydd tymhorol. Roedd Mrs Pascu gyda ni, a gallwch glywed eu lleisiau yn y recordiad. Vasile Pascu was a shepherd in Transylvania. In February 2013, his friend and fellow farmer, Anca Lar Crişan, introduced me to him because I was collecting material for a book about the subject. Vasile let me record him while he explained what transhumance entails and how the practice has changed since the offical end of Communism in Romania. Vasile also regaled us with stories from his own experiences of walking long distances with his flocks. Now, because of practical obstructions and the way the farming economy works, transhumance is virtually unknown in the country, at least in its long distance form. There was no chance to