haide-balkania:beidak-art:Today I discovered Bulgarian Muslim bride costumes and just…They are calle
haide-balkania:beidak-art:Today I discovered Bulgarian Muslim bride costumes and just…They are called the Pomak, Bulgarian Muslims from the Rhodope region, with communities in Greece in Turkey as well. During the Ottoman-era, this region saw some of the harshest brutality at the hands of the Ottomans, and because the Pomak are Muslim, they were deemed to be heretics by the Bulgarian Othodoxy and were ostracised.Yes, bless you for the bg ❤ -- source link
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