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00:00I am the only son of my family, I will respect the customs, and I will definitely marry a girl from my Kalaidze tribe.
00:20It would be nice to be free and go out like the rest of the girls, but the Kalaidze tribe does not allow this.
00:50Trivodetsi is a small town in the south-east of Bulgaria, inhabited by thousands of people.
01:00Here lives Maria, 21 years old, with her parents and brothers.
01:05Maria is a Roma girl with a special origin.
01:09She is one of about 18,000 people representing the Kalaidze tribe, a tribe of metalworkers.
01:19Maria's uncle Metko and his wife Rosie came with their son Tini to visit.
01:24Obviously, they are also from the Kalaidze tribe.
01:28Maria's parents traveled to stay with their relatives for a few days on the occasion of their grandson's birth.
01:35Therefore, Maria will experience this year with her relatives the biggest event in the life of the Kalaidze girl.
01:42Wedding market in Patkovo.
01:46Tini, 17 years old, is also planning to look for a bride in the market, and Maria is expected to find a rich future husband.
02:05What should I wear when I go to Patkovo?
02:08I don't know, what shoes will you wear?
02:12I don't know.
02:15Put on the other dress, let's see.
02:19Put on high heels.
02:22Try this dress, let's see.
02:27I don't know, maybe ...
02:30That's good too.
02:36Or would you prefer to buy something new from the Azenovgrad market?
02:40Yes, let's go to Azenovgrad and take a look.
02:44As is our custom, we must wear new clothes every time.
02:48Everyone is looking forward to the gathering in Patkovo.
02:51All the girls are ready for this event.
02:54In fact, we have been waiting for it for a year.
02:57There is almost no other chance for Maria to meet the girls.
03:01Her mother is very afraid that she will lose her virginity, otherwise no Kalaidze man will marry her ever.
03:10Maria got the certificate of completion of primary education at the age of 16.
03:15This is not familiar to a Roma girl.
03:18Her father decides today the fate of her life.
03:21She will take care of this matter after her future husband.
03:24We want to be prepared, but habits do not allow us to do so.
03:29If we go to a center without our parents' knowledge and return to the house at 2 or 3 am, we will be in big trouble.
03:36My father may reprimand me severely because I left without permission.
03:40This is forbidden and they may kick me out of the house.
03:49Are we going to the market in Azenovgrad or not?
03:53Why are you late? Stop pretending.
03:57You are beautiful without it.
04:00You will find a husband. Come with us.
04:09In the past, a group of Kalaidze armorsmiths moved to the south of Bulgaria.
04:14They used to repair and weld armor, especially the copper ones.
04:19Currently, many Kalaidze men work in regular jobs and live in their private homes.
04:26The population is estimated to be about 18,000.
04:31They like to show off their wealth compared to other Roma groups,
04:36by buying a German car.
04:46We, the Kalaidze, are spread all over Bulgaria.
04:49You will find us in every region.
04:51Jambol, Stara Zagora, Haskovo, Varna, Borgas and Silvan.
04:56We are scattered like birds of prey.
05:01It seems that the Kalaidze men are open to everything new.
05:05Communicating using a smartphone or Facebook is a must for young people.
05:10Young women are also allowed to wear whatever they want,
05:14but this may happen simply because the tastes of men have changed.
05:18It is better for young women to wear modern clothes.
05:21They should wear dresses, modern shoes and short pants.
05:25I like the look of a modern woman who wears accessories decorated with precious stones, for example.
05:30And she must have short heels to be able to see her feet.
05:34The clothes my mother wears, for example, are not suitable for me,
05:38because her dresses and shoes are sloppy.
05:41I don't want my wife to be of the old style.
05:49When choosing a partner, the Kalaidze men are very conservative.
05:53The marriage takes place within the tribe only.
05:56The men must pay the bride's family a sum ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 euros.
06:01The more beautiful the girl is and the better her reputation, the higher the sum.
06:08Tini and his father also choose new clothes for the big event.
06:18Look at this, what do you think?
06:22Rosie, do you think that will suit you?
06:25You are wide like the gate of civilization.
06:28The gate of civilization is big, look at yourself.
06:31All the heels here match the heels.
06:34How will you wear one?
06:39I don't mind wearing modern clothes.
06:42Perhaps only ten years ago,
06:45the girls' way of wearing clothes has changed a lot.
06:50When we were little, we didn't wear any short skirts.
06:54We used to wear flat shoes like this, around four meters.
06:59If I found a tight skirt that suited me, I would wear it,
07:03but I will feel embarrassed.
07:05No one allows her to wear that, it is impossible.
07:08I will also feel embarrassed if I take off my headscarf.
07:16I will put the watch on.
07:20Maria finally found a new dress.
07:23This is not the first time she goes to the wedding market,
07:26but she must wear a new dress every year.
07:29This is also one of the traditional requirements.
07:45Tenchev is located a few kilometers from the area where Maria lives.
07:57They are having breakfast at the house of the Tenchev family.
08:00She will prepare the French toast.
08:03Teni, will you help me?
08:06Will you give something for the stick?
08:09Give it to me.
08:13Teni, I'm ready, you can start.
08:16But be careful.
08:18Make sure it's not too hot.
08:22Teni is able to use the private time with her father, Medko.
08:26From April to November, life abroad is under control.
08:31The Tenchev family only uses the house to sleep.
08:34The annual wedding market will open in a few days.
08:40Will I lose my phone, Hassan?
08:43Yes, do that.
08:45As you know, Rozy, time has changed.
08:48In the past, we used to smile and say hello to each other.
08:51Now the boy writes what he wants on his phone.
08:54The price of the wedding was expensive in the past.
08:5715 or 30 thousand.
08:59I paid 30,000 pounds for Rozy.
09:02Really?
09:04We went to her parents and asked them
09:07if we could get her this money.
09:09We got married in 1988.
09:12Today, all urban residents fall in love through Facebook.
09:16Unbelievable, but that's what's happening now.
09:19Look at what's happening on Facebook.
09:22The woman has three children,
09:24but she meets another man.
09:26And she falls in love with him.
09:31But what is the benefit of friendship?
09:34Rozy uses the Internet all the time.
09:37He sets dates to meet his friends
09:39and sometimes to meet girls not from the Kalaitzi tribe.
09:42He is currently in contact with a Bulgarian young woman
09:45who does not know anything about the habits of his tribe.
09:53We can be just friends,
09:56but the relationship will never be serious.
09:59I am the only son.
10:01If I had two or three brothers,
10:03if I had several brothers in the family,
10:06I might have married this girl.
10:09But I am the only son of my parents,
10:12so I will respect the traditions
10:14and I will marry a Kalaitzi girl.
10:17I will explain this.
10:19If my daughter wants to marry someone from outside our tribe,
10:23I will do anything for her.
10:26Regardless of whether she is from another Roma or Bulgarian tribe.
10:33Simply, they are the men of our generation.
10:36My personality will never allow me to accept that.
10:40I can't take it.
10:42And if my son wants to marry another girl,
10:45no matter how beautiful she is,
10:47I will not allow him to do that.
10:50I don't have other children,
10:53and I want to preserve the traditions.
10:57If we had five or six children,
11:00I might have accepted a strange woman.
11:03People may spread rumors and say
11:05that Medko does not have money.
11:07He did not manage to find a Kalaitzi bride,
11:10or he does not want to choose any of the tribes.
11:13People will discover that Tini may have married a strange woman,
11:17and they will remember that at every opportunity.
11:20Stara Zagora is a rural city in the middle of Bulgaria,
11:24inhabited by 140,000 people.
11:2715,000 of them are Roma.
11:30As is known, they live in their neighborhood,
11:33which is located on the outskirts of the city.
11:36It cannot be described as a random neighborhood,
11:39as many Roma live in worse conditions,
11:42but the unemployment rate here reaches 80%.
11:46In the heart of this neighborhood
11:49is the office of the World Organization of Non-Governmental Borders,
11:53headed by Gancho Eliev, a Roma.
11:56He and his team conduct social studies
11:59and offer suggestions on how to help the minority.
12:03Roma do not accept offers such as training young people
12:07or living in unidentified residential buildings.
12:11The number of the Kalaitzis is very small,
12:14but Gancho also focuses on this part of the Roma community more and more.
12:23The Kalaitzis are a relatively small group,
12:26but they enjoy very distinctive cultural characteristics.
12:30They have always kept the custom of marrying from their community only,
12:37it is important for a woman to be a virgin at marriage,
12:41and that has its consequences.
12:44Unfortunately, our studies revealed many hereditary diseases,
12:49including the disorders of the peripheral nervous system,
12:53epilepsy and muscle diseases.
13:00A discussion of the plan for the Kalaitzis
13:04A discussion of the plan for the Kalaitzis
13:07The World Organization of Non-Governmental Borders
13:10approves the health situation of Roma Stara Zagora.
13:13Gancho is accompanied by two medical assistants,
13:16Zvezda, also from Roma.
13:18Gancho appointed them because professional and determined women
13:22are an exception in all Roma tribes,
13:25and these characteristics do not exist among the Kalaitzi women at all.
13:33According to our experience, the Kalaitzis are the most difficult group
13:37that we have not been able to reach,
13:40so they really reject any external opinions.
13:43I consider their way of dealing with women to be discriminatory against them,
13:47a double discrimination.
13:49Women are first discriminated against by their role in the family,
13:53and secondly because they are unable to play an effective role in society.
13:58It is unacceptable in the 21st century,
14:01and in the era of advanced technology,
14:04to restrict women in this way,
14:07to the extent of preventing them from completing their basic education
14:11and obtaining the simplest skills to participate in the labor market.
14:17While Roma Stara Zagora feels anxious,
14:20the real problems begin to emerge.
14:23The streets that were formed without the permission of the plan
14:26are not connected to water or health services networks.
14:29Poverty and drug addiction have led to the spread of liver, AIDS and cancer.
14:34About 15% of all Roma here suffer from one of these diseases,
14:39and there is no health insurance for any of them.
14:44The municipality has sent a car to transport two doctors to take blood samples.
14:48Gancho and his assistants encourage citizens to take the test,
14:52because people know them and trust them.
15:03He returned to his small town of Hachivo.
15:06Mitko, in his home, is the first to give the ten-year-old her name.
15:11The Calais residents were unable to prevent the employment of a doctor.
15:15The Calais residents were unable to prevent the employment of a doctor.
15:19Today, it is rare for Mitko to be asked to repair or remove a copper pot from the boiler.
15:27First, he cleans the dirt and dirt with hydrochloric acid.
15:45Then, he puts the pot back in the boiler.
16:02When we were young, we used to fix these things like coffee pots and pots.
16:07We used to do everything by hand.
16:10The tools that we have now are not available at that time.
16:15We used to do everything by hand, using pliers and pliers.
16:20There was work for each of us, regardless of our origin.
16:25We used to go to the market with us to buy and sell pots and pots.
16:30Success was always on our side.
16:32Today, the situation is much more difficult.
16:41In the past, we used to travel from one village to another.
16:45I used to simply go up to someone's house, introduce myself,
16:49and ask if there was any pot that needed repairing.
16:53Then I do my work.
16:55There was a lot of work for us.
16:58Today, only 3% of my income comes from work in repairing pots.
17:03People have removed most of their copper pots.
17:06Only a few of them still use the milling machine to prepare the bricks, for example.
17:13I can't find my keys.
17:16I can't find my keys.
17:19I can't find my keys.
17:33We the Karadzians are ready to look for work.
17:36If I don't have work for, say, 5 days,
17:39I will ride my car and walk around the villages looking for work.
17:51In fact, all the men of the village of Kalaidzi were forced to work in other fields.
17:56Today, they are setting up the mills,
17:59which is a job in which they take advantage of their knowledge of dealing with metals.
18:04This helps Medko to support his family,
18:07but this is not the job of his dreams.
18:17If I have enough work in repairing pots,
18:20I will definitely work on the roofs.
18:23If I fall, who will help my wife and children?
18:26I don't want to work like this for anyone.
18:30Tini studies forest management.
18:33He wants to become a guard in a national park.
18:36His position in working on the roofs is not strict,
18:39because he is not forced to do so.
18:42I will decide at the right time whether I will work in this field or in forest management.
18:47In fact, I want to take care of my family and earn money and buy clothes.
18:51I don't care about the nature of work as long as I get my money back.
19:00Kalaidzi
19:06The big day has come for the Kalaidzis.
19:09The market will open on Sunday at the end of summer.
19:12The Tenshev family set off to pick up Maria, his brother's daughter.
19:16Then they will all set off to Deribachkovo in the mountains of Rodob, 50 km away.
19:35The annual fair market takes place in the parking lot of cars
19:38at the side of an Orthodox national temple.
19:41Everyone is already missing their last show while they are on the road.
19:45This is part of the rituals.
19:56We, the women of the Kalaidzi tribe, love decoration.
20:00We have always used the sidewalks and decorated them carefully
20:04to make our skin look as bright as possible.
20:08Then we go to the gathering in Batshkovo so that others can see us.
20:12This is what we all do.
20:14The most important thing for us is to decorate.
20:17Everyone wants a wife whose skin is bright in color.
20:20That is more beautiful.
20:22This is the reason.
20:24The event has begun.
20:26The Kalaidzis come from all over Bulgaria.
20:29The number of Roma coming here may reach 5,000 people.
20:32Mitko and his family enjoy a good reputation,
20:35as can be seen from the way they are welcomed.
20:44Respect is worth a lot of money.
20:47Alatini will not pay a large sum to the bride of his dreams,
20:51but he has not found it yet.
20:57No one knows exactly when or how the fair market was established.
21:01The elderly say that this tradition is more than 100 years old.
21:05But the previous Kalaidzian agreement to meet here
21:09is certainly a relatively recent matter.
21:13The girls I like the most are not here yet.
21:17I contacted them on Facebook and told them that they would come here.
21:22So I'm still waiting.
21:29The Kalaidzian fair market is a mixture of fast-paced fairs and appointments
21:35and is held every year on the last day of the month of April.
21:39The date and place are determined.
21:42Everything else happens spontaneously.
21:45The age of the youngest boys and girls is not more than 15 years.
21:49Only on this day of the year,
21:51the boys are allowed to exchange glances and flirt.
21:56If the man is in love, and this is enough,
21:59he offers a gift to the parents of his dream bride.
22:03This is followed by long negotiations.
22:06Only then can the marriage take place.
22:16A woman asks how much money she has saved for her.
22:20He says, a lot.
22:22But how much is this a lot?
22:24The young man does not want to answer.
22:27One of the members of the group wants to know the exact amount.
22:31The young man jokingly says 100 euros.
22:34100 euros only?
22:36She's not that ugly, says the woman.
22:39How much money did he really save?
22:45In fact, he saved 10,000 euros.
22:53The girl I know did not participate.
22:56I actually planned to see her here and kidnap her.
23:00I brought the Mercedes car specifically to kidnap her.
23:04But she stayed at home.
23:10Why did you kidnap her?
23:12Couldn't you go to her house and ask for her hand?
23:15Her father wants to pay a lot of money.
23:18In fact, some men try to kidnap their dream bride in a car or in the woods.
23:23And if the girl loses her virginity,
23:27because no other man will accept her.
23:33Because Maria's father can't come today,
23:36Medco has taken responsibility for her safety.
23:40This year, the Batuvo head market did not do well.
23:44Instead of thousands of visitors, only a few hundred Roma arrived.
23:48There is a rumour that there is a national gang
23:51of cyclists who have blocked the main road.
23:56He says, that's why there aren't many here.
23:59And we will leave now too.
24:02She says the place was full last year.
24:05Even her friends didn't come.
24:08But Maria is still waiting for a wedding.
24:11In the past, if the offer was very high,
24:14the women of Calais were forced to marry.
24:17If the family tried to do that today, their daughter might run away.
24:22Although her life as a housewife is already planned for her,
24:26Maria is at least allowed to choose her husband herself.
24:32The rumour about a gang of cyclists is true.
24:36The news spreads on Facebook at lightning speed.
24:39There is a fear that the gang will break into the wedding market.
24:43Therefore, the market was closed.
24:46There was a little bit of a joke,
24:49but there wasn't enough time for serious negotiations.
24:53I met some friends, but not many of them came.
24:56I really wanted to enjoy the day.
24:59I feel a great loss of hope.
25:03I didn't find any girl I liked.
25:06There wasn't any girl who fascinated me this time.
25:11But I will continue my search.
25:14I'm still young.
25:16I'm not 18 yet.
25:18I will find a girl.
25:20I'm sure of that.
25:22I'm the only son.
25:24So I will find a beautiful bride one day.
25:27But the gang of cyclists is not the only one that threatens the wedding market.
25:31The biggest danger is the desire to determine the fate
25:34that spreads among the Roma youth through smartphones and Facebook.
25:38The Calais gang is on the verge of extinction
25:41and will become part of history.