Documentary 1

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8/3/2024

Documentary 1

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00:00In a little while, the bride's market will start.

00:02So you are 15 and you are 16 years old?

00:04She comes here every year.

00:06There are many girls here, but I don't like her.

00:14These are the Roma people of Bulgaria.

00:19We reached the bride's market in Bulgaria,

00:22where every year girls are gathered to be sold.

00:27Their prices are decided by the family.

00:30However, do you know who the Roma people are?

00:37Roma are a Gypsy community.

00:39There are about 8 million of them in the world.

00:42They are food-hungry.

00:43And they say that their origin is North India.

00:46They came to Eastern European countries like Romania and Bulgaria

00:50from Rajasthan hundreds of years ago.

00:52And they are mostly settled in European countries.

00:58They are called the Roma people.

01:00Some of them are in the Middle East.

01:02They include the Navars and other Roma communities.

01:05Their reputation is very bad in the Middle East.

01:08And they have been exploited a lot there.

01:10No one keeps in touch with them

01:12because they are not included in the community.

01:14People keep them at a distance.

01:16Their traditions and customs are not found in those communities

01:19in which they are included.

01:22Today we have reached the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia.

01:25It is in the Union State.

01:26But earlier it used to be a part of the Soviet Union.

01:29And now, it seems like time has stopped here.

01:32Looking at its buildings, roads and trains,

01:35it seems like it is still a part of the Soviet Union.

01:38It is very small.

01:39And it looks like a small Moscow.

01:41Today we have come there to meet the Roma people.

01:51Yes, this is Sofia's largest Gypsy community.

01:56There are some good people in the Gypsy community.

01:59But most of them leave their mark.

02:02You are seeing such an area

02:04because they try to build houses without permission.

02:07They look for land and start building houses in new communities.

02:11Bulgarians do not like them.

02:13And Bulgarians also hate them.

02:15They do not pay the bill for water or anything else.

02:18Despite being a citizen, Bulgarians do not like them.

02:21You can still see that this is their area.

02:24And they throw everything on the ground.

02:26They do not care where they throw the garbage.

02:28They do not go to work.

02:30And no one wants to hire them because they do not work.

02:34They have the Bulgarian ID and the right to vote.

02:37They use it to vote in the elections.

02:40You do not have to call them Gypsy.

02:43The Bulgarian word for Gypsy is Sigini.

02:46They like to call themselves Romi.

02:49Yes, I also think that they came from India.

02:51They came from India and brought their traditions with them.

02:55Some of them are very good musicians.

03:02When Bulgaria joined the Union,

03:04they opened borders.

03:06All the Romans came there and scattered throughout Europe.

03:09Now you can see them in Britain and everywhere.

03:11We decided to take a two-hour drive from Sofia to Stara Zagora.

03:16It is two hours away from the Turkish border.

03:19Because I have an event tomorrow.

03:27Thank you very much.

03:29Thank you.

03:31Thank you for inviting us.

03:33A Roma family has set up a table for us in their house.

03:37She has everything.

03:38She is wearing clothes.

03:40She is ready.

03:41But the most important thing is to find a groom for the wedding.

03:46The price depends on the boy who is trying to buy the bride.

03:51And it depends on whether the girl likes the boy or not.

03:54He can go down.

03:55He can go up.

03:56He can go up.

03:57He can go up.

03:58He can go up.

03:59He can go up.

04:00He can go up.

04:01He can go up.

04:02He can go up.

04:03He can go up.

04:04He can go up.

04:05He can go up.

04:06He can go down.

04:0986 thousand.

04:1086 thousand.

04:11Yes, 86 to 86 thousand.

04:13One girl...

04:14Yes, Kalachi.

04:15Kalachi.

04:16We do not accept no girl.

04:17Yes, she has another sister.

04:19She is married.

04:21She is his sister, who was sold in the market.

04:25At the wedding market.

04:27Everyone is going with him and his mother.

04:29Everyone is going to the bride's market for the wedding.

04:32It looks like social media.

04:34Here, boys and girls meet each other and get married.

04:37They ask each other about their value.

04:45Tomorrow, the bride will go to the market.

04:47They will get drenched.

04:51They like to travel.

04:53They live alone.

04:54You can go to some of their houses.

04:56Some of them are very nice.

04:58Roma's reputation is bad.

05:01And now she is like a citizen of Roma.

05:03Maybe I will get my husband tomorrow.

05:14She said that she is going to sell you today.

05:16So that she can get a lot of money.

05:23She did her makeup.

05:25And chose an appropriate dress for this day.

05:28Kalachi people do not marry anyone other than themselves.

05:31Even if they are all Roma.

05:33But they should marry this caste.

05:37This is like a tradition.

05:39Yes, she will have to pay for her beauty.

05:41Four years ago, this girl was in a documentary.

05:44And when the bride went to the market,

05:46her video was also made.

05:48So far, she has gone to the market every year.

05:50But she was not married.

05:53She will be as beautiful as she is fair.

05:56Fair skin and blue eyes.

05:59There was a time when a boy

06:01paid 40,000 rupees for fair skin and blue eyes.

06:06Yes.

06:09Yes.

06:10Now we can go to the market.

06:11Yes.

06:12She is going to earn a lot of money for you.

06:15So now you are my mother.

06:17So now you are my mother.

06:34They are coming.

06:35They have started gathering here.

06:38Their numbers are increasing.

06:40And not only girls, but boys also wear gold.

06:44Rings, chains, expensive gold.

06:47It is a sign of their wealth and attracting girls.

06:52The bride's market will start in a while.

06:59So you are 15 and you are 16 years old?

07:03She comes here every year.

07:05Yes.

07:10There are many girls here.

07:12But I don't like her.

07:14Everyone has a Mercedes.

07:15Why?

07:16Because she is number one.

07:17Is she your wife?

07:18Not yet.

07:19But maybe soon.

07:20Yes, tomorrow.

07:21Tomorrow? Really?

07:22Someone just got a wife.

07:24They both agree.

07:25They got married two years ago.

07:27But they met here seven years ago.

07:30And now they have children.

07:31Yes, they have a child.

07:33But you are not one of them.

07:35I am not one of the gypsies.

07:37That's why I can't get married here.

07:39I can't get a wife here.

07:49First of all, he is looking for a single girl.

07:51It is important for a girl to be single.

07:53Her face is more important than her looks.

07:55If she is more than 20 years old,

07:57her price will be reduced.

08:03Here in Europe, girls feel like a product.

08:07That's why Europeans make documentaries

08:09about how girls are being sold in Europe.

08:12The girls here have to be single.

08:15If she is not single,

08:16no one will marry her.

08:18Maybe it is the culture and traditions of her family

08:21that affect her in this way.

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