About Carping in the Carpathians
To those members who may think that this is a typing error I am sorry to disapoint them This is playing on words (jeux de mots which the English like so much) as a challenge to our members;
Definition of the verb "to carp" -
definition in the "Oxford dictionary" 5th edition, 2002, vol 1, page 348:
1. verb intransitive & transitive - speak, talk, say, tell
2. verb intrans - sing, recite (obsolete)
3. verb intrans - prate, chatter
4. verb intrans - talk querulously, find fault
5. verb trans - find fault with, take exception to
(from Old Norse - to brag and Latin "carpere" - pluck, slander, calumniate).
Other definition of "Carp" (noun) - a Dacian tribe which lived in the 3rd century AD in Eastern Romania (Moldavia) and who constantly fought against the Roman empire.
The name of the Carpathian mountain chain derives from "Carpii" - the name of this ancient tribe.
"CARPING IN THE CARPATHIANS": is a group about the Carpathian mountains chain which straddles from Slovakia, across Poland Ukraine and finally Romania. It also includes the Apuseni Mts of Transylvania, known as the Transylvanian Alps.
www.flickr.com/photos/costi-londra/484760084/in/pool-carp...
The Carpathians are an Alpine chain stretching from Central Europe and separated from the Austrian Alps by the Vienna Basin, whilst at the other end it is separated from the Balkan Mountains by the Danube gorges.
www.flickr.com/photos/costi-londra/484760086/
This is a group essentially about scenery but also about people and bests, flora and fauna, still unspoiled and ecologically very rich.
It is a group about trecking, hiking, climbing, mountaineering and caving , but also about winter sports, snowboarding and skiing
Do not forget the rich intra-mountain valleys and the caves, the conservation, the natural reserves, the mountain villages, the costumes and the ancient traditions of the shepherds and the effect of transhumance (the trecking of the shepherds with their flocks from the highlands to the lowlands).
There is also a rich HISTORY of people of old - the Dacians whose fortresses were in the Transylvanian Alps and surrounding areas,.
but also of the more modern people from the Motz country, the Oas and the Maramures regions, about the ancient gold and silver mines exploited well before the Roman times, which today cause the heated debate about the ROSIA MONTANA and its destructive impact on ecology.
The history of the Carpathians is also about the anti-Communist resistence in the Romanian Mountains from the late 1940's to the early 1960's - a history which emerge only now from the shadows.
It is a story about Sighet, Aiud, Fagaras and Miercurea Ciuc political prisons and other such places of extermination, where prisoners perished and were thrown into unmarked common graves. it is a story about the mines where political prisoners were used as slave labour.
Please tag your pictures "Carpathian Mountains" when posting to the group. It's a way for everybody to know where the great landscapes were taken, and want to see more of these beautiful mountains.
You are welcome to invite photos to our group using the following code:
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<b>Great landscape! You are invited to post this in </b>
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<a href="http://flickr.com/groups/carpathian_mountains/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2263/2375283172_3ed23919b6_o.jpg" width="250" height="150" alt="V_2" /></a><br /><br />
<b><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/carpathian_mountains/">Carping in the Carpathians</a> group.Please tag it "Carpathian Mountains" when posting to the group. </b>
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Just copy and paste the code between the lines as a comment to any photo you consider good for the group.It will look like this:
Great landscape! You are invited to post this in
Carping in the Carpathians group.Please tag it "Carpathian Mountains" when posting to the group.
If you wish to tell a user that you've seen one of the photos in our group, you can use the comment code:
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<b>I have seen this great landscape in </b>
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<a href="http://flickr.com/groups/carpathian_mountains/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2263/2375283172_3ed23919b6_o.jpg" width="200" height="100" alt="V_2" /></a><br /><br />
<b><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/carpathian_mountains/">Carping in the Carpathians</a> group.
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Pasting the code between the lines will look like this:
I have seen this great landscape in
Carping in the Carpathians group.
You are welcome to invite or comment as many photos as you want. Please use the "Banner Codes" thread in the group forum for any suggestions.
This group is a memorial to the recent past but also a a celebration of Europe's least spoiled mountains: your posting will help to do them justice.
Thank you.
http://constantinroman.com/carpathians/
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