Sworn to virginity and living as men in Albania


	Sworn to virginity and living as men in Albania

pitim

6-29-2008 1:14 AM

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6-29-2008 1:52 AM

willhelm

I listened to a podcast about this about a year ago. Very interesting.

6-29-2008 7:52 PM

pitim

I clipped it because I thought it was so awful the way they used to treat women.

But I guess it is an interesting culture.

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