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Ceremonial Circumcision Ritual In Rhodope Mountain In Bulgaria

More than 2000 Muslims from Blagoevgrad region attend the traditional sunnet (circumcision ceremony) in the village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria on 03 October, 2021. Pomaks perform a traditional muslim circumcision ritual for boys until they are five years old. Circumcision intervention is done by surgeon working for the representation of the chief mufti of the Muslims in Bulgaria. Citizens of Ribnovo are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims, sometimes referred to as "Pomaks. The Pomak Muslims are dwelling mainly in the Rhodope Mountains of South Bulgaria and North Greece. They are believed to have converted to Islam in the late 1300s (Photo by Georgi Paleykov/NurPhoto)

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