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There are around 200,000 Pomaks - Slavs converted to Islam during Ottoman rule - living in Bulgaria today but only Ribnovo and one other southern village maintain the old wedding rites. ....
The marriage of Nefie Eminkova, 21, and her fiance Schaban Kiselov, 24, is an extravaganza of bright colours, flowers, feasting and dancing. But the bride, who comes from Bulgaria’s Pomak minority, can see none of it. Her eyes must remain tightly closed until a Muslim priest blesses the couple. ....