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Albania - Thethi - Pashke Sokol Ndocaj (r) at prayer in the ruined mosque at Thethi
Pashke Sokol Ndocaj (r) at prayer in the ruined mosque at Thethi. 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 1996
Author: ©Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 5189x3369 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, islam, lesbian, mosque, Muslim, peasant, pledge, pray, religion, salat, sex, sworn virgin, tradition, virgins, Virgjineshe, woman, worship
Published in: Albania - Avowed Virgins