"""Men sit drinking surrounded by goods which constitute the dowry of 14 year old Garoafa Mihai on the day of her wedding to 13 year old Florin 'Ciprian' Lulu, in the village of Sintesti, in Romania, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006.  The men hold a goose decorated with a blue ribbon, as a gift to an old women from whom many years previously they had stolen a goose. For the wedding of Garoafa and Ciprian 100 pigs, costing approximately 30,000 USD, were slaughtered. Garoafa wore a gold """"salbe""""- a necklace of gold Franz Josef coins, worth an estimated 30,000 USD. The Kalderari roma of Sintesti are by tradition metal workers, originally making alcohol stills, pots and pans, but now dealing in scrap metal. The large profits from their business have enabled them to build large houses in the village of Sintesti, 20km from Bucharest, and to invest in fast, Western brand name cars such as BMW's, Mercedes and Porsche."""
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