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Traditional hairstyles from the Pomak village of Startsevo in the Smolyan region, by Anika and Karolina Romanovi.
The hairstyles incorporate braided hair extensions
(called косичник - kosichnik)
with threads, beads, coins and other decorations. Such kosichniks were used by Bulgarians from different areas, with these specific variants being characteristic of the neighboring villages Startsevo and Erma Reka. The one with the coins, called наплитане с рупове (naplitane s rupove) was used by brides, while the other one, called наплитане с кальеме (naplitane s kalyeme) - by unmarried girls.
