Young Roma women have been paraded before potential suitors in a Bulgarian 'bride market' (pictured) where families hope to arrange financially beneficial marriages for their children.
The families gathered in Stara Zagora are part of a community of about 18,000 Roma known as Kalaidzhi, who traditionally make a living as coppersmiths. They are among the most poverty-stricken people in a deeply impoverished region and seek to forge mutually beneficial unions that will help them weather Bulgaria's economic downturn.
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