(SOUNDBITE) (Bulgarian) MAYOR OF RIBNOVO, MUSTAFA ISA, SAYING:"The highlight of the wedding is when the bride is about to be taken to the groom's house, the women apply makeup to her so that when she ...

Bands that play weddings generally are not revered in America’s music culture. But in Bulgaria, wedding music is renowned–and four masters of the form will show off their chops Friday at the Old Town ...

The communists tried hard to stamp out the culture of Bulgaria's rural Pomak minority, and since then tough times in the European Union's poorest country have made many leave, but one village is ...

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Love is one of the most common human emotions. But it's celebrated in extraordinarily different ways around the world. In the remote village of Draginovo, Bulgaria, Muslim brides are returning to the ...

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, ...

Bulgaria's top athlete Stefka Kostadinova and her life partner Nikolay Popvassilev married Friday evening before the register after 9-year-long relationship. The ceremony was held in the renewed open ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Letve Osmanova, 21, and Refat Avdikov, 21, stand among relatives during their wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, ...