Ribnovo
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Ribnovo is a village in the municipality of Garmen
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Bulgaria
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The wedding customs are unique to the village. It has been preserved from the old Bulgarian customs and it has been influenced by the Islamic traditions. The wedding season is during autumn and winter. The festivities last for 5 days which includes a lot of singing and dancing in the center of the village. On the second day the bride's face is painted white with sequins.
Garmen
Garmen is a village and a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria.It is located in southwestern Bulgaria in the Western Rhodopes Mountains in the Chech region...
, in Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province , also known as Pirin Macedonia , is a province of southwestern Bulgaria. It borders four other Bulgarian provinces to the north and east, Greece to the south, and the Republic of Macedonia to the west. The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns...
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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It is predominately inhabited by ethnic Bulgarians who are Muslims, the Pomaks. It is the largest village in the Garmen MunicipalityGarmen
Garmen is a village and a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria.It is located in southwestern Bulgaria in the Western Rhodopes Mountains in the Chech region...
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The wedding customs are unique to the village. It has been preserved from the old Bulgarian customs and it has been influenced by the Islamic traditions. The wedding season is during autumn and winter. The festivities last for 5 days which includes a lot of singing and dancing in the center of the village. On the second day the bride's face is painted white with sequins.