Each year Bulgaria’s scattered Kalaidzhii Roma gather for a fair where young men negotiate a bride price with the parents of eligible girls. by Jodi Hilton MOGILA, Bulgaria | In a field near this small Bulgarian village, girls wearing shiny blue party dresses and thigh-high boots are applying skin-lightening makeup and color-coordinating their mascara. Vendors wait idly under an unseasonably […]
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