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This picture taken on October 30, 2009, shows Silvia Bakalova, a Bulgarian Muslim bride from the Pomak ethnic group, attended to by an unidentified guest during her wedding ceremony in the village of Draginovo, 100 kms southeast of Sofia. The colourful make-up for the wedding ritual is a tradition practised amongst some mountain villages in Bulgaria. AFP PHOTO / NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV