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Albania - Thethi - Pashke Sokol Ndocaj (r) and a female neighbour return to their village.
Pashke Sokol Ndocaj (r) and a female neighbour return to their village. Since the death of her father and brothers, Pashke has lived as a man in the ancient traditions of Avowed Virgins of Albania, where women 'become' men to head the family and renounce their former sex.Thethi, Albania
Author: ©Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 5184x3369 pixels (17.3x11.2 in / 43.9x28.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Albania, ancient, avowed, Balkan, Besa, Canon of Lek, custom, female, gender, High Albania, Lek, lesbian, peasant, pledge, sex, sworn virgin, tradition, virgins, Virgjineshe, woman
Published in: Albania - Avowed Virgins