Precious oil extracted from bulgaria and roses is sourced by the worlds leading perfume makers from the poorest country in the european union. But increasingly people here are finding ways to claim a share of the money that can be made from their valets fragrant resource. Its 5 oclock in the morning. Red custody is setting off for her job in the flower fields. Her husband and 2 children are still asleep. Its a half hour walk from her home in the small village of stiletto volt to the rose field where she works as a picker. Or overbought mcarthur when we hear the word rose we immediately think of vogue area its my country my home my family and even if life doesnt look so rosy the rose is the symbol of focus area you need to fill it up while got it. Right kind loves getting up early and arriving at the rose field in the freshness of the morning. Shes always the 1st to arrive. The 39 year old always looks forward to the harvest in may and june the 3 week window is a special time of year. I
your we ve worked hard our whole lives with. that award it s always been our goal and with them to settle down to a normal family life so to your little modesty of vision. the even all of us are a family who have worked hard to achieve a standard of living that sets them apart from most roma in bulgaria and unlike many roma they wouldn t dream of leaving they feel at home in bulgaria was that is the whole birth of a boy or girl lost the world we re happy in is that you want that but if we don t face disrespect or repression with this maybe it s true there s a lack of social integration but we haven t encountered discrimination. may have ordered it. the family has lived here for more than 50 years. not one of them has ever left rose valley.
well for this that is the new problem. distillery is built to perfection you know what i mean we re very proud of it the prebuttal from good part business partners from france were here and said they d rarely seen such a modern distillation facility in france you. see. everything here is rust free and all the vapor passes through special softening equipment read it is 50 people all of our measuring instruments are exact. but we ourselves are the key to our success and everyone here is part of the team no one works for themselves our motto is together as one would remember. although only designated employees are allowed to extract the rose oil bulgaria s liquid gold it s a question of responsibility alexandra dragon of clients include chanel and dior
for me it s important to see my people happy even after a bad harvest of the what are you going with you know what i m here at the table we can take stock of the season together discuss where we stand and what we d like to improve next year. this traditional celebration is part of our work we re celebrating the end of the rose artist. near the star. and no traditional bulgarian celebration would be complete without an appearance by the kooky these groups of dancers don intimidating masks and elaborate costumes driving away evil spirits with their loud bells and wooden sticks to invite good fortune for the gathered guests.
the rose pickers and farmers hope the ritual will help improve the outlook for next year s harvest. last year was really tough for us rose pickers you can t help but feel dissatisfied but you also can t fight nature i ll be back on the rose field next year. and bulgaria s treasured flowers will bloom next year too when it does it will again awaken new hopes and dreams among the people of rose valley.