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On the market: Teenage Gypsy girls glam up for annual bride sale (with pictures)
DailyMail UK ^
| 3-9-09
| Caroline Graham
Posted on 03/09/2009 8:34:56 PM PDT by rawhide
Dressed in their finest clothes and gold jewellery, thousands of teenage Roma girls were paraded around by their parents this weekend - at an open-air brides market.
Wearing lots of make-up, the teenagers came to the traditional annual market in Bulgaria, hoping to find a husband - and preferably one willing to pay a large amount of money for his future spouse.
'We take our daughters to this gathering so they could get acquainted with boys, for we do not allow our children to go to discos,' explains Elena from Kapitan Andreevo.
At the market in the village of Mogila near Stara Zagora, the price of a beautiful young woman is said to be several thousand levs/euros.
Younger siblings came along too to play and eat sweets while one newly-wed couple bellydanced on top of an old car to show their happiness at finding a match.
Several wannabe-brides joined in, showing their eagerness to be married.
The event takes place on the first Saturday after the start of the orthodox Easter fast - the Day of Saint Todor, or Horse Easter.
This year the gathering attracted some 2,000 people who came from all over southern Bulgaria including Plovdiv, Pasardzhik, Sliven and Jambol.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: brides; gypsy; roma
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:34:56 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
Look at Momma....SEE THE FUTURE!
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:36:34 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Where's my FOF Indicator?)
To: Slings and Arrows; Eaker; humblegunner; Squantos; DieHard the Hunter; callisto
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:37:12 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: rawhide
way way too much make-up. and the gold teeth??
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:37:30 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Will bankrupting America lead to socialism?)
To: Tainan
Looks more like dad with saggy boobs...
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:37:53 PM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
To: Grizzled Bear
what do they say?/
um..
GUILTY!
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:37:59 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Will bankrupting America lead to socialism?)
To: GeronL
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:38:01 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Tainan
>Look at Momma....SEE THE FUTURE!
So I’ve been told.
But who knew they were sold... here I thought you had to do some preening, and dancing around with fancy plumage to attract a mate. [/sarc]
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:38:23 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: rawhide
I’m having flashbacks of working at a Memphis Hospital.
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:39:10 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:39:13 PM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
To: Grizzled Bear
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:39:47 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Will bankrupting America lead to socialism?)
To: armymarinemom
They do have a lot of gypsies there in Memphis....
To: rawhide
This is terribly sad. These girls should be taught that God loves them, even if men will use them and spit them out.
To: Tainan
Looks like a Monty Python skit in progress.
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:40:59 PM PDT
by
WildcatClan
(Iam fimus mos ledo ventus apparatus)
To: rawhide
Countdown to Helen Thomas pic in 3...2...1...
Cheers!
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:41:03 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: deannadurbin
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:43:15 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: classified
They do have a lot of gypsies there in Memphis....No kidding. When one person comes in to have a baby the entire family shows up. They ask questions every three minutes.
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:44:02 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: armymarinemom
Apparently, there was a sale on 'Wet N Wild' at the local drugstore......
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:45:09 PM PDT
by
BossLady
("WE are the origin of all coming evil" ~~ Carl Jung~~)
To: Grizzled Bear
Word is, if you don’t get them by the time they are 12 or 13 it is over! (sarc)
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:46:02 PM PDT
by
WellyP
(obama must go!)
To: rawhide
I’m now convinced this method of matching doesn’t do much for promoting beauty in the gene pool.
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posted on
03/09/2009 8:49:22 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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