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Albania - Lepurush - Selman Brahim with her rifle in the moutains where she hunts
Selman Brahim with her rifle in the moutains where she hunts. She has been living as a man for 40 years after the family's eldest son died. In the Albanian tradition of the Avowed Virgin, she/he now leads the family as a man. Village near Skhoder, Northern Albania
Author: ©Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 5162x3385 pixels (17.2x11.3 in / 43.7x28.7 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Albania, ancient, avowed, Balkan, Besa, Canon of Lek, custom, female, gender, gun, High Albania, lesbian, peasant, pledge, rifle, sex, sworn virgin, tradition, virgins, Virgjineshe, woman
Published in: Albania - Avowed Virgins