Bulgaria: Brides for sale
Several thousand Kalaidzhii meet in Mogila, Bulgaria on March 12, 2011. Young marriageable girls dress elaborately to attract the best young men, who traditionally pay between 5,000 and 40,000 Bulgarian Lev ($3,500 to $28,000) for a bride.
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