Honorable Mention TIFA 2023 People / Culture

Unique Women of The Roma Culture "Keldelari".

  • Photographer
    Michael Dorohovich
  • Photo Date
    22.10.2023

These mysterious women live in the village of Korolevo in the Transcarpathian region and are one of the most closed communities in Ukraine. Girls get married at the age of 13-14 and give birth to children. Their clothes, culture, traditions immerse you in a completely different amazing world.

Michael Dorohovich is a portrait and documentary photographer. Born in the small town of Uzhgorod in Transcarpathia, Ukraine. Author of successful photo projects in Ukraine, such as "Famous and interesting personalities of Transcarpathia", "Cultural ethnos of Transcarpathia", which were noted and awarded on many world platforms.Solo mountaineer and specialist in solo mountain trekking (he traveled the mountains of the Carpathians, Crimea, Caucasus, Alps, Altai, Kamchatka, Pamir, and Tien-Shan).Recorded his travels and ascents to the top of the world in photo landscapes.