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A wedding ritual has kept its traditional winter marriage ceremony alive where the bride's face is covered in thick, chalky white paint and decorated with colorful sequins, in the remote mountain village of Ribnovo in southwest Bulgaria.
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Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has make-up applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova and her groom Kadri Kichukov walk outside her house during their wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022.
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova and her groom Kadri Kichukov welcome guests during their wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova dances during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova dances next to her groom Kadri Kichukov during their wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022.
Bulgarian Muslim women look at the dowry for the wedding ceremony of Kimile Avdinova and her groom Kadri Kichukov in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Bulgarian Muslim women look at the dowry for the wedding ceremony of Kimile Avdinova and her groom Kadri Kichukov in the village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Bulgarian Muslim women watch as guests dance at the wedding ceremony of Kimile Avdinova and her groom Kadri Kichukov in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022.
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has make-up applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022.
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova and her groom Kadri Kichukov pose in front of their dowry during their wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022.
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has make-up applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022.
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has makeup applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022.