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Fatme Ulanova stands during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in southwestern Bulgaria, on Jan. 2.
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Fatme Ulanova, 20, and Djamal Sirakov, 23, stand with with euro banknotes hung on their garments as presents during their two-day wedding ceremony in the Bulgarian village of Ribnovo.
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Bulgarian Muslim women look at the dowry during a wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo in Bulgaria.
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Bulgarian Muslim women look at the dowry during a wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in southwestern Bulgaria, on Jan. 2.
Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images
Bulgarian Muslim women dance during a two-day wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo on Jan. 2.
The people of this Bulgarian town of Ribnovo are famous for performing their unique wedding ceremonies in winter time only.
The inhabitants of the mountain village of Ribnovo are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims, sometimes referred to as "Pomaks" or "people who have suffered". Muslim Bulgarians are descendants of Christian Bulgarians who were forcibly converted to Islam by the Turks, during the 14th, 16th and the 18th century.
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Wow, they don't look happy at all -- neither the man and woman nor the guests.
This is the official page :)