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Bride, Kosovo
National Geographic ^ | DECEMBER 14, 2013 | Photograph by Nita Zeqiri

Posted on 12/14/2013 1:43:36 PM PST by nickcarraway

A tradition a thousand years old, passed on to generations in today's remote Donje Ljubinje in the Zhupa area in south Kosovo. Today, this tradition is at the verge of extinction, as only a 65-year-old lady continues preparing young brides according to their traditions. The bride's face is painted in many beautiful layers of color. Three golden circles symbolizing the cycles of life are tied to one another by the golden roads that one crosses over their lifetime. The inner red circles are symbols of fertility, where red and blue dots are born from, and the whole face is covered by them, wishing her a healthy and happy family.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: art; bride; godsgravesglyphs; greece; kosovo; mycenaeans; noveilneeded; paint; tradition
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1 posted on 12/14/2013 1:43:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, my!


2 posted on 12/14/2013 1:47:43 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: nickcarraway

Looks like some Lady Gaga schtick.


3 posted on 12/14/2013 1:51:18 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Kosovo? Sorry...if the people involved are moslems I'm not the least bit interested.If they're Christians then I'll say “interesting...very interesting”.
4 posted on 12/14/2013 1:54:26 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
...paging Lady Gaga.....pick up your gold courtesy phone ... ...also some N Koreans are interested in a copy of your meat dress.
5 posted on 12/14/2013 1:54:53 PM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: fieldmarshaldj

You got that right!


6 posted on 12/14/2013 1:58:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Very interesting


7 posted on 12/14/2013 2:01:10 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: Gay State Conservative

I though islamic women covered themselves completely when getting married.


8 posted on 12/14/2013 2:01:54 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: nickcarraway
Today, this tradition is at the verge of extinction...

Did National Geographic blame this on man-made global warming?

They always do.

9 posted on 12/14/2013 2:04:41 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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I though islamic women covered themselves completely when getting married.

That sounds plausible.Until I see definitive proof one way or the other I'll reserve judgment.

10 posted on 12/14/2013 2:05:17 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Kosovo? Sorry...if the people involved are moslems I’m not the least bit interested.If they’re Christians then I’ll say “interesting...very interesting”.

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Most of those stars on her eyebrows have six points. I’d be surprised if they are Muslims.


11 posted on 12/14/2013 2:08:34 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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"Did National Geographic blame this on man-made global warming?"

Thanks for reminding me why we dropped our subscription after decades.

12 posted on 12/14/2013 2:09:18 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Gay State Conservative

Ok, I looked it up and found this - every thing looks the same as every thing else.
First I thought it might be a joke.
http://www.umanasislamicfashion.com/new-arrivals There no wedding dresses on this site.


13 posted on 12/14/2013 2:15:49 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: doorgunner69
Sad, isn't it? I used to love that magazine when I was growing up

But today's NatGeo is unadulterated socialist/envirostatism propaganda devoid of hard scientific fact.

Birdcage liner, in other words.

14 posted on 12/14/2013 2:20:41 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

This is interesting -- the Mycenaean Greeks ("Heroic Age" or Homeric) used to do this, exactly. Thanks nickcarraway.

15 posted on 12/14/2013 2:23:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: Flycatcher
Exactly.

I had my fill of the current multicultuarl crap along with the Global Warming Hoax.

I always read the thing for articles about wildlife and remote places. Now it is all social B.S.

16 posted on 12/14/2013 2:33:53 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: fieldmarshaldj

It’s just a current fad.......


17 posted on 12/14/2013 2:35:55 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
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To: svcw

GROSS!!!


18 posted on 12/14/2013 2:38:11 PM PST by Monkey Face (I know the voices aren't real, but man, do they ever come up with some good ideas!)
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To: Eccl 10:2

I don’t believe she’s Moslem, but they did use six pointed stars as well.


19 posted on 12/14/2013 2:54:30 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: SunkenCiv
Similar custom in Bulgaria:


20 posted on 12/14/2013 3:21:53 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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