A 57-year-old woman named Gjystina Grishaj and is known as the last “sworn virgin» her Albaniasince thanks to her a patriarchal institution that has its roots in Middle Ages.
The bbc.com made an extensive dedication to her life, with the aim of analyzing the specific “tradition” which it prevails only in the north of Albania and to be precise in areas, which are viewed critically by the majority of Albanians.
Characteristics, the inhabitants in the northern parts are called “malioks”, i.e. “mountain people” and they have treated negatively in their own countrysince they are considered to maintain antiquated and barbaric traditionssuch as the blood tax.
Gistina Grisai lives there who at the age of 23 he took an oath to the elders of the area to become “Burnesse”that is to remain unmarried for the rest of her life, not to enter into any relationship with any man and yes focus on all her family members.
The reward? He would gain human privileges in a male-dominated society, where he could move about wherever and whenever he wantedbut also to does “manly things”as long as they dressed as men and yes applied the above “laws”.
“Albania was a male-dominated world, the only way to survive was to become a man… We were extremely poor… My father died and my mother had six children, so to make it easier for her, I decided to become a “Burnessa” and work hard“, he characteristically said.
Most, lives in an isolated villagewhere mobile phones are almost unreachable, while it also maintains a Facebook page.
Source: News Beast
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