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7 Feb. 2008
Ribnovo, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Muslims Moussa Babechki (R) and his bride Fikrie Sabrieva pose in front of the dowry during their wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, some 210km (130miles) south of Sofia January 12, 2008. The remote village of Ribnovo, set on a snowy mountainside in southwest Bulgaria, has kept its traditional winter marriage ceremony alive despite decades of Communist persecution, followed by poverty that forced many men to seek work abroad. Picture taken January 12, 2008. To match feature BULGARIA-WEDDINGS/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA)
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