Ribnovo village – Weddings from Another World – the customs in Ribnovo village A picturesque mountain village in Bulgaria, which seems not to belong to this modern world. Time flows differently here and wedding traditions come to life every winter – colourful, cheerful and fabulous. The brides' faces are painted and covered in sequins. To teach the future spouses tenderness, they have to remove the sequins one by one very carefully. This ritual is still observed today.