Experts recreate wedding tradition tucked away in remote mountain area

Описание: (8 Jul 2014) KOSOVO PAINTED BRIDE
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Pristina, Kosovo - 2 July 2014
1. Low shot of Fadila Demiri, Artisan, fixing traditional national costume exhibited in the Ethnological Museum in Pristina
2. Close of Demiri fixing apron
3. Close of costume necklace and headscarf
4. Tilt down of national costume worn by women in Kosovo's Gora region
5. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Fadila Demiri, Artisan:
"This costume was alright I just fixed the apron at the front. This is still the traditional costume worn by both young and old women in our (Gora) region. This is our traditional clothing."
6. Various of Demiri braiding girl's hair
7. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Fadila Demiri, Artisan:
"When the bride comes to the groom's family on the first day of her wedding she has to have her face painted. This marks that she is through the transitional stage that she is not a girl, but a woman now."
8. Wide of girl lying down as artisan prepares to paint her face
9. Close of girl with white face cream layered on her face
10. Low shot of face cream being applied to girl's face
11. Mid of powder being applied to girl's face to prevent make up softening
12. Close of talcum powder being applied to girl's face
13. Close of gold-coloured grains which are used to decorate face
14. Mid of girl's face being decorated
15. Close of girl's eyelid being painted with gold-coloured lines
16. Mid of artisan holding red-coloured ring
17. Tilt down from artisan to girl's face being decorated
18. Close of decoration being applied to girl's face
19. Close of decoration being applied to girl's chin
20. Mid of girl's face with decorations
21. Wide of girl wearing bride's costume
22. Mid of girl wearing bride's costume
23. Mid of bride posing in outside area of Pristina Ethnological Museum
24. Close of bride
25. Mid of bride filling up water jug, a symbol of good luck
26. Mid of bride taking hand of visitor, an act of respect by brides
27. Close of bride's face
28. Mid of bride's hands and costume
29. Tilt down from Ottoman-era XVII century house to women knitting
30. Mid of women knitting and doing handiwork
31. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Valon Shkodra, Curator of Ethnological Museum:
"The aim here is to preserve the cultural heritage in Kosovo. We select artists who have a tradition that they have preserved and have passed it on to younger generations."
32. Mid of women working
33. Close of handiwork
34. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Valon Shkodra, Curator of Ethnological Museum:
"In all places people strive to preserve their way of life and values in different ways. And it's a great thing that this (tradition) has been preserved in this part of Europe and it's amazing (to see)."
35. Close of woman's work reflected in her glasses
36. Tilt down from woman to handiwork
LEADIN:
The "painted bride" is a tradition that dates back hundreds of years, and was hidden for centuries in a mountainous region between Kosovo and Macedonia.
Brides in both Muslim and Pagan cultures follow the practice, and now it's being recreated at a museum in Pristina.
STORYLINE:
This costume is an example of the unique and intricate bridal outfits worn by women in the Gora region, a remote mountainous area which borders Macedonia.
Women in the area have been wearing similar costumes for hundreds of years, and is now going on display at the Ethnological Museum in Pristina.
Artisan, Fadila Demiri says it's in good condition.
"This costume was alright, I just fixed the apron at the front," she says.
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