Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has make-up utilized to her face throughout her wedding ceremony ceremony within the village of Ribnovo, within the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022. The distant mountain village of Ribnovo in southwest Bulgaria has stored its conventional winter bridal ceremony alive regardless of many years of Communist persecution, adopted by poverty that pressured many males to hunt work overseas. The marriage ritual was resurrected with vigour among the many Pomaks – Slavs who transformed to Islam below Ottoman rule. The spotlight of the ceremony is the portray of the bride’s face, the place in a non-public ceremony open solely to feminine in-laws, her face is roofed in thick, chalky white paint and adorned with vibrant sequins.
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