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  • The bride's hair is covered with a red headscarf, her painted doll-like face framed with silk flower garlands and streaks of shiny tinsel, making her unrecognisable. She is then presented to her husband-to-be clad in traditional attire of dark crimson baggy pants, multi-coloured apron and bodice and henna-painted fingertips contrasting with his simple blue jeans and black blazer.
    Bulgaria's Muslim minority

    Bulgarian Pomaks keep traditional wedding rite alive

    A wedding extravaganza of bright colours, flowers, feasting and dancing, yet the bride, Nefie Eminkova, who comes from Bulgaria's Pomak – Muslim – minority, can see none of it. Her eyes must remain tightly closed until the imam gives his blessing.

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