Lot #23. Bidding starts at 25 Ruples.
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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Yes, I believe so.
Exactly having momma in the picture is not that good a marketing strategy.
Lot #23. Bidding starts at 25 Ruples.
I'll take the hot teenager on the left. Whoot! Whoot!
You know the drill.
About 20 years ago, some Rumanian friends told me that in remote parts of Rumania, this happens but they didn't say it was Gypsies.
Looks like Kate Winslet and the guy who sells T.Rowe Price.
They’re the reason there is a market for camera straps reinforced with steel cables. Then they sue when people use the word “gypped.”
Poor babies.
In this economy you may prefer leasing or renting
Momma sure lives up to her stereotype.
If your definition of getting married is to be sold like a possession on an open market.
EXACTLY what I was thinking.
GMTA.
Why don’t they just strip down to their underpants and fight for a husband like in the James Bond movie?
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My son looked over my shoulder and saw what I was looking at. He says” Whats that?” My reply, “I am not even going to try and explain.” He went back to his waffle thankfully.
Somebody check his travel logs. Perhaps he was in Bulgaria taking pictures and bagging beauties.
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