Transylvania is not gloomy vampire country, but an important European traditional music treasury, visited by folk roots, pilgrim collectors and musicians from all around the world for decades. Because of its seclusion it is an area which has preserved centuries-old traditional musical styles. Even though it is a part of Rumania, it surprises us with its interweaving of cultures, mainly Hungarian, Rumanian and Saxon. The ethno-musical Babylon has also been created by an army of local Romany musicians, performing at parties of various ethnic groups, taking their heritage, assimilating it and transmitting it to others.
