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  • March 2015. Brussels. An asian girl is eating on a restaurant of touristic street near the Big square.
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  • A girl plays covering herself with sand on Tarrafal beach.
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  • A young girl holds a baby in a bar in Faja da Agua village. The average age of Cape Verde population is 23 years old
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  • A girl carrying a chicken. At the confluence of the Niger and the Bani rivers, between Timbuktu and Ségou, Mopti is the second largest city in Mali, and the hub for commerce and tourism in this west-african landlocked country.
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  • A young girl combing her hair at Dashashwamedh Gath near Ganges river  in Varanasi, India.
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  • A girl walks on a street in Nova Sintra, Brava island capital village. This village is a gem of simple colonial architecture featuring humble houses in a plateau about 600 metres from sea level.
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  • April 2015. Brussels. A naked girl's poster on a snack shop in the Central train station.
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  • April 2015. Brussels. A girl lies on a park while listens music.
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  • June 2015. Brussels. A young girl looks her reflect on the train's window while we're arriving at Central station.
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  • March 2015. Brussels. A girl going down the stairs on a park near the Central train station.
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  • September 2015. Thessaloniki. Girl walking on the streets of the city center.
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  • April 2015. Paris. An asian girl is watching to her child in the subway station.
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  • Girl playing with pigeons near the New Mosque, in Istanbul.
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  • A girl smiles during the Parade in Liberdade Avenue. Bica neighbourhood march was inspired in traditional fishsellers that used to work in the neighbourhood. The Parade is observed by a jury that gives points to each March. usually Bica is classified in the first places Every 12th of June, Lisbon's typical neighbourhoods show their "marches". These consist on music, coreography and costumes inspired on each neighbourhood traditions. The streets of each old Lisbon neighbourhood gets crowded with people partying. The smell of grilled sardines fills the air as people celebrate Saint Anthony's day, (13th June) Lisbon's patron saint.
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  • Shy girl still wet from swimming in Vila do Maio beach. The beach is located  just in front of the capital village and is the most accessible and, at the sime time,  most famous postcard image from Maio island. Fishing boats go out every day from the traditional pier.
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  • Girl  on Vila do Maio beach. This beach is  located  just in front of the capital village and is the most accessible and, at the sime time, the most famous postcard image from Maio island. Fishing boats go out every day from the traditional pier. Turquoise water and yellow sand are important atributes to make Maio island a tourist destination for the years to come.
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  • A girl on the train from Perth to Freemantle.
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  • a girl speaks to mobile phone.The shadow line is a trip, a trip losing myself, looking for myself.<br />
Like the romance “the shadow line” by Joseph Conrad (1917).<br />
I was in Italy, England, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia..<br />
It isn’t a reportage, it isn’t a story.<br />
It is a searching..
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  • a girl walk in a city.The shadow line is a trip, a trip losing myself, looking for myself.<br />
Like the romance “the shadow line” by Joseph Conrad (1917).<br />
I was in Italy, England, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia..<br />
It isn’t a reportage, it isn’t a story.<br />
It is a searching..
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  • A young girl reaches up to be included as towns folk greet each other during mass held in the school building in Majastre, Honduras.  Majastre, like many towns in Honduras, lies isolated in the mountains and mass which is held once a month by Fr. Craig Pregana from Fall River, MA is an event that all towns people attend.   Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • Early morning in the slum. A young girl sleeps beneath a mosquito net.??On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people?s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.??Despite this harsh reality, they are a civilized and caring community: they share with each other, families help other families, and if there is an important decision to be made, then it is made together. <br />
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They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
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  • Early morning. A girl sleeps before it´s time for the day care center.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • This girl was married at 14th. Currently she has a baby of one year. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Girls beeing lifted by a device  during the Parade in Liberdade Avenue. Every 12th of June, Lisbon's typical neighbourhoods show their "marches". These consist on music, coreography and costumes inspired on each neighbourhood traditions. The streets of each old Lisbon neighbourhood gets crowded with people partying. The smell of grilled sardines fills the air as people celebrate Saint Anthony's day, Lisbon's patron saint.
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  • Two girls from Tecnico team having fun in Luis Figo bar in Vilamoura, after a match.
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  • In Fogo Island there's lots of people with green eyes and fair skin supposedly descending from the french Duke of Montrond that lived there from 1870 on.
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  • Uma jovem segura um bébé num bar na Fajã da Água.
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  • Portuguese supporter celebrating with national flag in a street in Lisbon. Portugal's national squad won the Euro Cup the day before, beating in the final France, the organizing country of the European Football Championship, in a match that ended 1-0 after extra-time.
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  • Crowds at the Forbidden City.
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  • Portuguese supporter celebrating with national flag in a street in Lisbon. Portugal's national squad won the Euro Cup the day before, beating in the final France, the organizing country of the European Football Championship, in a match that ended 1-0 after extra-time.
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  • Summer 2015. Sugny, Belgium. Laura from Spain holds a kid and watch me while people plays at night on the FEDASIL refugee center during our international work-camp experience.
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  • Ningaloo Reef in Coral Bay. This hard coral reef  is about 250km long. Whale sharks, turtles and many other sealife can be spoted here.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Cecília looking a hole on an abandoned backyard.
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  • Summer 2015. La fosse, Belgium. Alexandra from Siberia gaze at the bonfire amazed during our international work-camp experience on La Fosse Mill.
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  • Summer 2015. La Fosse, Belgium. Alexandra from Siberia holds a flowers bouquet on her head during a walk on our international work-camp experience on La Fosse Mill. Russian women use to make flowers bouquets during their walks on nature.
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  • Summer 2015. La fosse, Belgium. Ivanna from Ukrania walking trough the wind during a walk on our international work-camp experience on La Fosse Mill.
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  • September 2015. Thessaloniki. Basiliki is waiting the bus at night.
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  • September 2015. Thessaloniki. Maria talks by phone.
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  • September 2015. Thessaloniki. Katherina at night.
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  • September 2015. Basiliki is in the bus going to home.
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  • March 2015. Porte de la Chapelle, Paris. Portrait of an unknown woman whith who I shared the car to come from Belgium to Paris. I only know that her parents life in on of the poorest neighbourhoods of the town, La porte de la Chapelle.
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  • A young womand wals down the stairs at Galata bridge, in Istanbul, with the minarets of New Mosque on the background
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  • A young lady waits near Galata bridge in Istanbul
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  • People on the underpass that runs under Galata bridge, in Istanbul.
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  • One week before Liberdade Avenue's parade, Bica's March roam the neighbourhood streets with precedent year's costumes and music.
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  • The streets of Bica neighbourhood are steep and that's the main reason of the construction of its ex-libris, the Bica Tram, build 120 years ago.
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  • Rehearsing music and coreography. Each neighbourhood tries to surprise their opponents  by rehearsing in secret places like parking lots like this.
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  • The water man refreshes the participants that spend hours singing and dancing.
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  • Rehearsing music and coreography. Each neighbourhood tries to surprise their opponents  by rehearsing in secret places like parking lots like this.
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  • Last make-up details before Bica March starts parading in Liberdade Avenue.  The costumes and music were inspired in traditional fishsellers that used to work in the neighbourhood.
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  • An enthusiastic member of the audience vibrates when Bica march parades in Liberdade Avenue.  Each neighbourhood has their supporters and lisboets crowds the Avenue to watch the Marches.
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  • Materials to be used during the Parade in Liberdade Avenue are kept away from the eyes of the curious. The surprise effect is essential to beat the oponent neighbourhoods.
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  • Women chating in a rehearsal brake. Each neighbourhood tries to surprise their oponents  by rehearsing in secret places like parking lots like this.
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  • woman.<br />
The shadow line is a trip, a trip losing myself, looking for myself.<br />
Like the romance “the shadow line” by Joseph Conrad (1917).<br />
I was in Italy, England, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia..<br />
It isn’t a reportage, it isn’t a story.<br />
It is a searching..
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  • In Marandallah, a village 500 kilometers from the capital Abidjan, in the northern interior of the Ivory Coast, home to about 2,500 inhabitants and at about eight hours by car from the sea. This majority Muslim population, although living in a village far from the sea and with many difficulties of transport, eat at least once a week fried fish that arrives from the capital and fresh fish caught in the river from town of Bouaké two hours away.<br />
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Seven year old Timité Auá, seller of coal and fried fish "Main" which comes from the capital Abidjan, 491 kilometers away from the village Marandala in Ivory Coast. This fish is used to make sauce and join with maize and rice. The fish costs  between 500 and 1500 XOF (Between ? 0.80 and ? 2.30), in Ivory Coast
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  • Juana Ruiz Garcia and her two daughter twins, Brenda Marivel Garcia and Lidia Yanette Garcia, 8.  Mrs. Garcia's husband Victor Garcia was one of the illegal immigrants detained in the Bianco raid and has since been deported to his hometown of Xicalcal, Guatemala.
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  • Dolce Sierra, 14, brings the crusifix into the church for Sunday Mass at the Saint Rose Lima chuch in Guaimaca, Honduras. Religion plays a central role in every Honduran's life.  Youngsters are enrolled in church teachings at an early age and carry their faith throughout their lives.   Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • A family lives in poverty in the town of Esmeralda, Honduras.  Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • On Carnival Saturday people from medium and upper class from all ages  and formal dressed, dance and drink until the morning in Ponta Delgadas  Casino. Ponta Delgada is the capital city of Sao Miguel island, the main one of the portuguese belonging Azores archipelago.
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  • A young woman selling lemons in a street of Bijene, posing for a photograph.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • Dirty Princess are Yasmin and Nikky, a Spanish band that has a distinct electro-disco-punk sound and a really disturbing show on stage, where they mix a hot sexual performance with transgressive lyrics. It was founded by producers Big Toxic and Nikky Schiller. Pictures taken in New Garage Club in Murcia, Spain.
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  • This 15th girl assists to the fair for the second time. She hopes to find a candidate to marry with. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • This girl shows, with her mother-in-law, the dress she wore in the fair when whe engaged to marry. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • A girl announces her impending marriage. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • A couple is planning to marry in the next months. The candidate's father has agreed to pay 2.000€ for the girl. He migrates every summer to the south of Spain to work in the field. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • A recently eloped girl dancing. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • This one year baby girl is assisting to the fair for the first time. Her mother was married at 14th. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • This girl shows the dress she wore in the fair when whe engaged to marry. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • This girl don't agree with the tradition. She works and like to be independent. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Girls are being offered from 13 years. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Girls come with illusion. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Many girls hope to find a candidate to marry with. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Girls are being offered from 13 years. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • The girls get ready just before starts the dance. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • The girls get ready just before starts the dance. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Parents and relatives celebrates a wedding dancing. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • An old women looks for her granddaughter who recently eloped with a boy. The parents didn't approved the marriage, so the girls is assisting to the fair looking for candidates. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Parents meet in the fair and deal about the possible marriage of the young. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • The kalajdzii dance during hours the ring dance. Teenagers dance wiht parents and grandparents. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • The kalajdzii dance during hours the ring dance. Teenagers dance wiht parents and grandparents. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Teenagers dancing. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Teenagers dancing. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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