A vanishing way of life in Danube Delta's natural paradise

Sfantu-Gheorghe, Romania (AFP) June 30, 2020

As the "last rower" left in one of the villages dotting Romania's Danube Delta, Iosif Acsente is all too aware of how the traditions and vistas of the region are slowly disappearing - an issue brought into sharper relief by the coronavirus pandemic. Acsente has been plying the Delta with his wooden boat for more than four decades now from his home village of Sfantu Gheorghe. "I know th