Brides for sale - Bulgaria's Roma marriage market | DW Documentary

DD, you know that I am the only child in my family. I will respect tradition and surely marry a kolache. This is Emma kg. It would be nice to be free to date like other girls, but they collide. Customs don't allow it. treebo deedsy a small town of a thousand inhabitants in the southeast of

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this is where 21 year old maria lives with her parents and two brothers maria is a scent with very special roots, she is one of the approximately 18,000 caliche of the tinsmith clan Uncle Mitko and Maria's aunt Rosie have come to visit their son Tani, naturally they also clash.

María's parents have gone to stay with relatives for a few days after the birth of a grandchild, so this year she will be accompanied by her uncles for the most important event. in the life of a kolache girl the boccie/bride

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tini, 17, is also planning to look for a bride at the fair Maria, I hope it catches the attention of a rich future husband what should I wear to Baskerville? I don't know what shoes you will wear, no idea, put on the other dress, let's take a look, you were wearing high heel sandals, try this dress on, let's see, I'm not sure, maybe that's okay too, would you rather buy something new from the

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? in novigrad, yes, let's drive to azzinoth grad and take a look, that's how our traditions are, every time we have to wear something new, everyone is excited about Baskerville, all the girls are preparing for it, in fact, we look forward to it all day year, Maria.

She barely has another chance to meet guys. Her parents are too afraid that she might lose her virginity so she wouldn't crash. Her man would marry her. Maria got her school leaving certificate when she was 16. It's not exactly a common thing for the scent to happen. moment her parents determine how she lives her life later those decisions will be made by her husband we want to be modern but we were not allowed if we went to a nightclub without my parents' knowledge and returned home at 3:00 in the morning we would be in actually problems there would be problems my parents would yell at me for going out without permission which is forbidden they would probably throw me out if we go to the market in Assen after we graduate or why does it take you so long stop putting on pretty pretty makeup, you will find a husband, let's go back in time, The Kolache community traveled throughout Bulgaria repairing and tinning pieces, especially copper vessels, today many clash, she has a regular job and her own home, the clan is said to number around 18,000, wherever possible.

I would like to demonstrate their relative prosperity compared to other Roma, preferably in the form of a German-made car. We collide, you spread throughout Bulgaria, you will find us in all regions, the humble Stara Zagora Haskovo, my vulgus renown sleeps, we are scattered like In the spheres of the collision, she is open-minded regarding modern developments, which Young people communicating via a smartphone or Facebook is completely normal and young women are allowed to wear whatever they want, although this could simply be because men's tastes have changed. I think it's better. When girls dress in a modern style, they should wear dresses, modern shoes, and short skirts.

I like it when a woman looks modern wearing rhinestones, for example, and the skirt should definitely be short so that she can see her legs. Old time clothes like that. My mother wears dresses and skirts that are extremely wide is out of the question. I don't want my wife to be so old-fashioned, but when it comes to choosing a partner, they clash, she is still ultra-conservative. Marriages only take place within the community. The men have to pay the bride's parents a dowry of between one thousand and ten thousand euros, the prettier the girl is and the better her reputation, the more it costs Tanny and her parents are also choosing new clothes for the big day, look at what you're doing.

Think , Rosie, do you think you can adjust it? You're as wide as a barn door. Look to you. All the skirts here are tight. How are you going to wear one? I have no problem with modern clothing. It was only about 10 years ago that young girls started dressing differently when we were young, we didn't wear shorts, that's how wide our skirts were, that's how baggy, if I could find a tight skirt in my size I would wear it, but I would give myself shame. I wouldn't let him use it. No way. I would also be embarrassed to take off the scarf.

Maria finally found her new dress. She won't be his first girlfriend on the market, but she has to show up in a new outfit. every year, as tradition demands, the Hachiya arch is just a few kilometers from where Maria lives, the chef family of 10 is having breakfast, Rosie is making French toast, teni, I'm ready, you can start, but be careful, Make sure the flame is not too big. Tanny heats the pot with her father's Bunsen burner. From April to October, family life takes place outside, under the veranda, the 10 chefs only use the house to sleep, the annual bridal fair is only a few days away.

I'll check my phone, yeah. Do that, you know, Rosie, times have changed in the past, we would greet each other with a smile and say hello, my love, now let's just write something on this phone back then, the price for a girlfriend was still high, fifteen or thirty thousand. I paid thirty thousand left for Rosie White, we went to her parents and I asked them if I could have her for that son. We got married in 1988 and nowadays all modern people fall in love via Facebook. It's incredible, but that's how it is now, just look at what happens on this Facebook. a woman already has three children but she writes to another man and then falls in love with him but her complaints fall on deaf ears tani is online 24 hours arranging to meet her friends and sometimes girls who don't clash with her right now she is in contact with a young Bulgarian woman who has no idea about Tannaz traditions.

Maj in humidity, we can be friends but nothing serious can come of it. I am an only child if I had two or three siblings if there were several. guys in the family maybe I could even marry the girl but my parents I'm just sangwich so I will respect tradition and marry a kolache girl. Seas Emeco, a jig would not let me explain if a daughter of mine wanted to marry someone from outside our clan I would do everything possible to avoid it, regardless of whether she was from another Roma clan or Bulgarian, there has been a lot of trouble, but that's how it is just the way men of our generation are.

My character would never allow me to accept that I can't handle it. No matter how beautiful she may be, if my son wanted to take someone or another as his bride, he would not allow it. I have no other children and I have a tradition that we must keep if we had five or six children. maybe he could take in a woman from the outside people would gossip and say that MIT has no money Janie couldn't find a collision, she bribed or he doesn't want to choose anyone from the clan people would find out that Tinny had married a stranger and then mention it at every opportunity Stara Zagora is a city in the center of Bulgaria just over a tenth of its population of 140,000 are Roma, as usual they live in their own neighborhood on the outskirts, while to some it may seem like a neighborhood poor area where many Roma live. conditions but unemployment here is 80% located in the heart of the neighborhood is the office of the NGO Mundo Sin Fronteras is directed by hook iliev a

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himself he and his team carry out sociological studies and propose ideas on how to help the minority Roma generally do not accept offers such as anonymous housing and apartment blocks or training programs for young women.

Ecology makes up only a fraction of the population here, but a large part of Gonzo's work focuses on this section of the Romani community. The caliche are a relatively small group. but with very particular traditions, they have always maintained the rigid custom of marrying only within their community, it is essential that women marry as virgins and that has consequences, unfortunately our studies have revealed a variety of genetic diseases, including disorders of the nervous system peripheral. systemic epilepsy and muscular dystrophy hook is working on a project to document the health status of the Roma population of Stara Zagora with the help of two medical assistants.

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Gallo has deliberately sought his help because self-confident professional women are the exception in all Roma groups and among the Caliches, in our experience, there are practically none. Caliches are the group with which we have the most difficulty communicating because they reject practically all outside opinions. I consider the way they behave towards their women to be discrimination. Women are discriminated against, firstly, because of their role in the family and, secondly, because they cannot play an active role in society. We are in the 21st century, in an era of advanced technology, and it is unacceptable that women are restricted to such an extent that they lack even the basic knowledge and the simplest skills to participate in the labor market, in the case of men.

Roma of Stara Zagora, the real day-to-day problems are also a problem: improvised streets that did not have planning permission, so they are not connected to the water supply or sewage systems, meanwhile, poverty and Drug abuse is fueling the spread of hepatitis, AIDS and tuberculosis, about 15% of the Roma here suffer from one of those diseases, no one has health insurance, the local authorities have sent a van with medical equipment and two doctors. to take blood samples hook and his assistants encourage residents to be tested people know and trust them in the small town of Hachi AVO we find mitko demonstrating the tradition that first gave its name to the clan collage II we could not prevent the tinsmithing trade Nowadays, Mitko is rarely asked to repair or tin a copper pot.

First of all, she cleans soot and dirt with hydrochloric acid. When we were young, we repaired all kinds of things, coffee makers, pans and cutters, we did everything by hand. The machines. that exist today were not available back then, we did everything by hand using hammers and tongs and there was work for each of us, no matter where we came from, we could also go to the market with teapots, jugs and pots and we could always sell them Nowadays it is much more difficult back then we traveled from town to town. I would just go to a house, show up and ask if they had any pots and pans that needed repairing, then I do the work, there was a lot of work.

For us today maybe three percent of my income still comes from tin smithing people have thrown away most of their copper vessels only a few people still use copper saucepans and pots to make however for For example, we, environmentalists, are willing to look for work, let alone. I do it for five days and I get in my car and drive around towns looking for work practically every man between the collision she has had to branch out today they install gutters a job where her metal working skills come in handy the job allows Mitko to feed his family but it's not exactly his dream job if I had enough to do as a tinker I certainly wouldn't work on roofs if I fell who would look after my wife and children I wouldn't wish a job like this on anyone Tanny is studying forestry .

She would like to be a forest ranger in a national park. His attitude toward roof work is more relaxed because he is not forced to do it. I will decide in due time whether I should do all this and go into forestry. I just want to be able to feed my family, earn money and buy clothes as long as I have money. It doesn't really matter what you do. The collages. The big day has come. The bridal market is held on a Sunday at the end of summer. The family of ten chefs go to pick up Maria to take her to her niece and then they all leave for the Cova monastery in the Rodopi mountains. 50 kilometers away, the annual bridal fair is held in a parking area at the foot of the monastery, an iconic site for Bulgarians.

Orthodox Church, but beforehand everyone checks their appearance for the last time, this is already part of the ritual that we, kolache women, love to put on makeup since my grandmother's day, we carefully powder and make up to look as fair as possible and after we go. to the meeting in Vacaville to introduce ourselves the most important thing is that we are made up everyone wants a wife with a lighter complexion because she is more beautiful that's why we do it the caliche event is starting now up to five thousand are coming from all over Bulgaria Roma Mitko and her family They enjoy an excellent reputation, as we can see from the way they are received, respect is worth a lot of money.

Tani will have to offer less for the girlfriend of her dreams, however, she still hasn't found anyone. She knows exactly when or how the bride market originated. Older people say that the tradition is at least a hundred years old, but the opportunity for Kolache to organize a gathering in advance is definitely of more origin.modern. The girls that I like the most don't. We arrived but we got in touch on our Facebook and they said they would come here so I'm still waiting for someone. The severity of each forum. Collage bride market is an authorized flirting and speed dating

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It takes place every day. year the last Sunday in August the date and place are fixed everything else is more or less spontaneous or not the youngest couples are not even 15 years old this is the only time of the year when they are allowed to evaluate each other and flirt according to your heart's desire if a young man is in love and initially that is enough, he makes the parents of the bride of his dreams and offer to this long negotiations follow, only then can a wedding take place, what? How much have you saved for her?

The woman asks a lot but how much is a lot the young man does not want to say someone in the group wants to know the exact son one hundred euros the young man jokes only 100 euros she is not that ugly the woman says how much she really offers 10 thousand euros the girl I know does not it has appeared. I had actually planned to meet her here and steal her. I drove here especially in my parents' Mercedes to do that, but she stayed home. Why steal her? You couldn't go to Jaya's house and ask for her hand.

Her parents want her to pay too much. Some men actually tried to seduce his dream girlfriend in a car or in the woods. If a girl loses her virginity to a man, he gets her for next to nothing because no other man would do it. marry her since Maria's father cannot be present today mitko has taken on the responsibility of ensuring that she remains intact this year the failed Koval bridal market is not really functioning instead of the usual several thousand visitors only a few hundred Roma have come to the Rumors are spreading that in the neighboring town a gang of nationalist motorcyclists has blocked the main road, that's why there is almost no one here and we also left last year, the place was full, our friends haven't even shown up , but Maria still has to wait for a

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offer in the past if the offer was high enough collides that women were forced into marriage if the parents try that today they risk their daughter running away even though their life as a housewife remains pre-programmed Maria is at least allowed to choose her husband herself the rumor about the motorcycle gang turns out to be true on Facebook the news spreads like wildfire the fear is that the gang could attack the market girlfriends as a result the event is interrupted there has been a bit of flirting but the time was too short for any serious negotiations I have met a few young men but not many more have turned up.

I really wanted to have fun today, so I'm very disappointed. I didn't find any girl I liked this time, there was no one I liked, but I'll keep looking I'm still young I haven't even turned 18 so I'll find someone like that I'm sure I'm the only son so one day I'll find a pretty girlfriend but no it's just right-wing motorcycle gangs that threatened the bride market the biggest threat is the desire for self-determination that is spreading among young Roma through smartphones and Facebook another collage a tradition that is crumbling despite changing with the times