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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You promised pictures of WOMEN!
Man, I dunno. The one in the blue stripes and the apron looks hot...
Pittsburgh?
They don’t allow their kids to go to discos, but they do allow them to harass people in subways and restaurants, grab passersby to read their palms, steal their wallets, and beg with their 5-year-old brothers on the streets. Anyone who has spent any time in Italy or Spain knows what I mean.
Really disgusting. I’m certain that romance and marriage is as a great pleasure for women as it is for men. But being sold and bought like cattle isn’t. These people need some Christian morality in their lives.
After reading this thread I fell...gypped?
“Man, I dunno. The one in the blue stripes and the apron looks hot...”
Soldier, you’ve been in Afghanistan too long!
You said — “This is terribly sad. These girls should be taught that God loves them, even if men will use them and spit them out.”
Well..., they are talking about *getting married* — not a series of one-night stands, until you find someone, which is common here in the U.S. .... :-)
Yeah, an' I like my women just a little on the trashy side,
When they wear their clothes too tight and their hair is dyed.
Too much lipstick an' er too much rouge,
Gets me excited, leaves me feeling confused.
An' I like my women just a little on the trashy side.
You said — “ But being sold and bought like cattle isn’t. These people need some Christian morality in their lives.”
Well, using the image of a bride being “bought for a price” is the image that Jesus Christ uses for “buying us for a price” to become the “Bride of Christ”.
A man would come in to the family’s home, offer to marry her, sign a contract, pay a price, and the girl got to reject him, if she wanted to. So, this is the image that Jesus uses for us being saved, and Him “paying the bride price” for us, each individually...
ping
They look like retro 80’s Madonna wannabes with too much crappy makeup on their faces. Yuck!
Jake: How much for the little girl? How much for the women?
Father: What?
Jake: Your women. I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children.
You’re right. That is her father.
Sold!
Only saw one that was any competition for Rosey....
Oh!
I’ll take the one on the left. She’ll look pretty good once the makup and gold teeth are gone. I wonder if they know english?
Was it the Roma gypsies that were targeted for elimination by Hitler?
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