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the tanks. Nestling between the slopes of the bomb can and this thread now go to a Mountain Ranges will gary is a rose valley is a Sweet Smelling national treasure. Its climate and fertile soil offer perfect conditions for the cultivation of the damascus road. Crushes on oil extracted from bulgaria and roses is sourced by the worlds leading perf you 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 valleys fragrant resource. Its 5 oclock in the morning. Right custom 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 still little boat to the rose field where she works as a picker. Or
overbought my god when we hear the word rose we immediately think of vogue area its my country my home my family even if life doesnt look so rosy the rose is the symbol of focus area you need to fill it up well got it. Right kind of loves getting up early and arriving at the rose field in the freshness of the morning. Shes always the 1st to arrive. And 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 mean im from the countryside as a child i grew up with a view on to to Mountain Ranges of the Balkan Mountains and the stretching the gore
out. Will the whole thought of well you know i feel at one with nature i mean. I carry it in my heart. Through it although both via the a lot of thought 3rd will the 2 Mountain Ranges and close the valley to the north and south creating cool nights and high humidity ideal conditions to bring out the roses heady scent. Well fish. You cant describe the fragrance its a unique inspiring scent with its freshness and energy. When im out here in the rose fields i feel light and forget about anything negative in my life. Through. Red capeks the flowers at their base they have to be removed at exactly the right time not too early or late in their
bloom. Reckon knows exactly which ones she can pick and which ones to leave for another day shes been taking for many years and isnt deterred by the tough conditions. Of the doctors but im a simple homemaker from the village im not spoiled or afraid of hard work all of the bull the boys its got them all the bother im used to rural life and cant sit down at home doing nothing at all roast picking isnt my profession. I only do it during the season so the mold via National Film will what i am in the. Morning sun coaxes the fragrance from the roses after midday it gets hotter and the oil begins to evaporate the petals grow limp. Red guy has to rush to complete her days harvest. Roses are the very reason the 7 powerful have returned to the valley. Below me but with with notable the area i was working abroad but i decided to return to bulgaria after friends encouraged me to try cultivating rosens. I like the idea so i started learning about agriculture with the monsters im a bit. How are the roses looking today. Well lets try. To call them while driving under a low number that you know we didnt water them this year look at the ground look theyre falling apart theyre nothing you came early reports you know yes we were for them one friend when i visited lived in france for a number of years but The Cost Of Living was high and it was hard to find work today he farms his own rose fields would be among the religion may often be something up the beach and im fond of my land i like the peace and quiet i love
working in agriculture will be need be and over the past few years ive discovered there are opportunities here to make a living. With us that the only in the least i can build a future for myself here because the. Rocca has filled just one bag of rose flowers from visitors field the yield wont be any bigger today. Normally she manages to fill 3 or even 4 sacks by midday but today shes already picked all she can by 10 oclock. Other laborers appear to have a similarly meager crop. The workers are paid by weight one kilo earns them one less the equivalent of 0. 50. Hows it going today the cloning. Stuffs. I dont have any
problems. But i have nothing to complain about what i wish there were more flowers with all the little. Boy who didnt believe 14 and a half kilos yes ok. Just. After toiling away for 5 hours takes home a little over 7 year i was. In. The Flowers Travel in the opposite direction to tortilla a small town further east in rose valley. And a delay glow cation in a picturesque setting. And. Torrie out is home to alexandra dragon oaks distillery. And this is where the blossoms that brad capek today end up alexander died and of own is one of a total of 39. 00 distilleries operated in rose valley he used to make wine before switching to rose oil. Is this from a different field no these are left over from last night most. Of them im. Sure all the rose has a very special significance to me personally. Its not just a business. Dinner stuff the rose is one of the natural wonders that bulgaria is famous for around the world cup. If you put the sex over there if there are more here. How many more that is full. Say it takes about 3 and a half tons of flowers to produce a single leader of distilled rows only. The distillation is a simple process the rose petals are placed in a vat with water which is heated to discharge low pressure steam through the flowers which in turn. Releases the Essential Oil into the vapor and the Oil Separates and floats to the surface of the water. Its. All for the good lady then you the problem are distillery is built to perfection you know what i mean were very proud of it the prebuttal. Good to go with it part Business Partners from france were here and said theyd rarely seen such
a modern distillation facility in france you. Could get everything here is rust free and all the vapor passes through special softening equipment we did is to get 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 that no one who works for themselves our motto is together as one would remember it. Although only designated employees are allowed to extract the Rose Oil Carious liquid gold its a question of responsibility alexandra dragon of clients include chanel and dior and other leaders of the global fragrance industry. Its believed the 2 Men Merchants brought the Damascus Rose to bulgaria in the 18th century from syria. Today
the rose is not the only flower that thrives In The Valley its fertile soil also offers ideal conditions for the cultivation of poppies and lavender. When right cuz define the returns home from the fields she still has a little time before her children arrive from school. Right cuz work as a picker is only a morning job and it never pays much. She once spent a season in germany picking strawberries. Every. Fall which will hold all too well most people go abroad to earn money and to improve their living standards. Theyre often disappointed as they look for Job Opportunities and have to adapt to a new culture and you country there but all that really matters is in a piece its a pity that we cant find in a peace at home and have to go out into the world in search of security. And
theres our nina smith going. The. Right kind is a trained cook but cant find work in rose valley her husband occasionally earn some money as a day laborer in construction they inherited their house. Record doesnt want to leave again her home and her family are more important to her than money she now knows. With its soft light and Lush Landscape Rose Valley is her home. Capturing the essence of that home in fine fragrances is what luke me a child does for a living even as a child he had a very fine sense of smell today he has his own manufactory for him creating perfume is like composing music. A symphony consists of 7 may. Produce a melody. So the same is true of perfume making. But a perfume contain 3 to 400 notes. To give it. Its the fragrance creators john to combine all these notes. Like an Orchestra Conductor of the most of these that this is not the supporting actor it is. His wife marina is always the 1st to test a new fragrance for. Because now you like to try our new fragrance. Through a new company its a somewhat sweet scent. I can clearly detect the rose oil but its more intense
dont you agree. With it its a scent for party girls. Go through as a vacation fragrance. You can sense nature it smells like flowers after a rain shower. Look at the. Overall if you must be the center of rose oil from bog area is much more intense than oil from china turkey or other countries. Thats why its so sought after by a leading perfume mouses a small drop of rose oil and caps relates the fragrance and the more intense the fragrance the longer the central last rose or lose the very heart of a perfume that. He has developed his own line of perseverance fragrances designed with different types of women in mind. To get to some of the other thread when im in a good mood and Summer Holidays are on the horizon exactly i think of exotic
beaches and sensual brazilian women but as you look at the prevent take a good time. And. If we create a fragrance that smells like the sea with exotic fruit nuances. Combined with a sweet floral scent. Then the result is inevitably a summary fragrance. Is. When putting together his compositions nuclear 1st needs to find the right base now and hes in the Perfect Place to source it from his lab in cousin luck its just a 20 minute drive to alexander that i dont know if distillery into any of. That i feel thats all right here look we can select exactly what he needs he
samples the different grades of all oils from different distilleries us. Could almost all fit but all that creates only the walkies all those are rows or as components not found in other rows oils yeah but is. That all in addition to being used in fragrance rollers or oral is also delivered for use in food supplements medicine. And it helps against diabetes like to feel its growth within to get over it lowers cholesterol and high Blood Pressure will. Prevent Stomach Cancer the ball but its good for the kidneys. So in a word rose or lou simply priceless that the law of old law must law if you were the one you leader of rose oil sells abroad for about 6000. 00 euros. Lumia china doesnt have to pay that much but of course he inspects the quality of
the new oil before deciding on a purchase. The threat is there for the birds. Or the. Fragrance creators around the world covet bulgarian rose oil. But demand always outstrip supply that drives prices up but the profits havent trickled down to the locals the gulf between rich and poor is wide and rose valley unemployment is high theres no style just for the communist era when jobs were secure and many here were financially better off. The poorest of the poor are often from the roma ethnic minority. Many feel marginalized their plight ignored by the government. Theres little sense of Bulgarian National pride in their community. In early june the people of cousin locke turn out to celebrate the rose harvest. God and the bulgarian president himself comes to join in the festivities. I am. The highlight of the festival is the crowning of a local rose queen and a colorful parade through town it was. Members of the Roma Community do not generally attend such events. But in Toria Prose Cultivation has succeeded in bridging the ethnic divide. In. Even ups are roma family who have been working on Alexandre Dragan of the rose fields for 15 years. Almost. A sin and his relatives are among the fastest pickers in the whole valley. Oleksandr do not enough supports the evenness. Whenever he has work there his 1st choice because he knows he can rely on him for. Now are you out of 8 there was a growing. With the harvest going you know you dont know what its going really well. And you my friends with the welfare of the peering through the
filter are working hard some of you know what it will be a good as he gave up in fear that. The entire even the family is gathered here today because its sunday for us and its important that his children attend school during the week. And the political very new symbols of all that if my kids have a better education then theyll have a better life and not just a military but anywhere in europe. And europe will only fare better if children have a better education that it will feel a little bit but im going to do a little bit of. Good. I dont know why other roma dont want to work here or dont feel welcome here in rosebowl way. We have virtually no contact with such people i insist that our family works for a living that we dont beg and live honest lives everyone bears responsibility for themselves. Even of feel fortunate that an accent has the
right enough employs them all year round not just during the rose pick. Season theres always work to do the jobs and Financial Support he provides have given the family new opportunities. But this year they too are affected by the arid season today they finish work early there simply arent enough flowers bloom alone could clear its not a whole lot. Normally you could get more socks on to the scales in the same amount of time thats just the way it is this year the year old isnt great lamentable. Little bit of. The weather has impacted rose pickers Country Farmers alike this spring was cold and theres been too little sun and too much more easter during the harvest season conditions that
have stunted the bushes growth. Most farmers cant afford irrigation systems. Almost a bit its hard to pick Roads Flowers today the yield is unsatisfying thats also the case for the pharma one example is a bit like a chain. But the chain has been torn apart. Then you know. If the flowers are too dry their oil content is low and they dont weigh as much for a rat cut that means filling the same sized sack requires the same amount of work but less pay. Its just. A look at much you have i can see you tell me 7 have killers ok well theyre hoping. Ill just get. Into the. Electric work when the petals are moist from the morning dew and the sack is full it weighs between 17 and 20 kilos. When up on you see a nice but because of the Weather Conditions this year it weighs 15 kilos at the most of it because weve had such little rain marks. This season has also been more than disappointing for rose farmer be set apart. The more going up we can live when they were told when up well we had bad weather in early april the go move to the port of these of the governor the frost froze the bugs that were just developing. If you see here in the combine instead of flowering
theyre still buds you give it to that the family a bit if they dont they are thin and i expect our yield to be down by 50 to 60 percent this year. That will be able to either come up with a 3rd. She said within the model that will. Lisa is eager to get the last sacks of the day to the distillery as quickly as possible for him every kilo of paddles counts. The money he earns is the only way to ensure his independence as a rose farmer in the years to come. With. The promise of
a Better Future in rose valley has turned this mother and daughter into a pair of early birds live yanna and 14 year old catch up from kind of fat have big plans. They purchased the fields and are cultivating their own roses to put up my butt and its a wonderful feeling to go to your own field and work out that. This is the 1st year were harvesting our own roses and were extremely glad that we planted our own fields i mean but i dont think so many i used to find it hard to get up early in the morning. But this year im really enjoying going out to my own rose field at 5 am. This is very. Good to have tears are a half an hours walk from their village for 2 years they nurse their young plants this year they flower for the 1st time. Together with lianas mother kristina theyre bringing in their 1st harvest and their 1st earnings. Yesterday we picked 24 kilos but today we wont get as much it was very sunny yesterday i brought sacks with me. Back then i thought that it would. Get me a statistician dont got the damage. Pleasure of that being its. Really good because hes got you mostly yana and her mother are widowed the 3 generations of women have to fend for themselves. They offer each other encourage meant especially when they face setbacks. The year we planted our seedlings i prayed they would turn out well the stand in the soup was a lot of the good and we were lucky. But when they got off to a good start realtor jeff thought of that would you know but split the rage that
nice that last year was so wet nothing but rain for 20 days so you know we lost a lot of plants so we had to replace them. God is just for us but the same isnt always true of nature was your motive because of the flood which. Has remained optimistic outside of school she likes being her own boss i mean as much as i picked roses for neighbors for food or 5 years and enjoyed it i always dreamt of having my own rose fields when we had enough money it was exactly the right moment to start doing my own roses do you need them for me this here is a dream come true you know many of the. The standard that the mormon status of. Leanna used to be a Child Care Worker she received Severance Pay when her job was terminated she was
tempted to spend the money but her daughter persuaded her to invest it in a rose field as a possible source of income. The center of roses the fresh air she was birdsong the view of the Balkan Mountains in the midst of nature but you know that there you can be feeling low and sad almost but all this brightens your mood and your heart feels joy could use some of the drag were pretty apt that sit. By blue skies as far as the eye can say. I love being out in. Africa will be simply. Initially the 3 women were ridiculed by many locals but this year they know they made the right decision. My surgeon will manage alumina were no worse off than any of the families that do have managed to benefit
now and im sure my father and grandfather are protecting us from above and giving us the strength to carry on my news which is the bridge. Busybody myth that these 2000 square meters are enough for one person but probably not more than is that ill only know for sure once my bushes are as big as the one of a neighboring field. And im not sure how long my mother will be able to help him given her age. So im only counting on myself and my daughter some with just my help it will be enough to support my family some are just amazed but its an inch of what it is that actually. Cuts and her mother cant conceal their pride when they bring their days harvest to the weighing station in the. Interview. With her life but were. Just above my theyre not discouraged that their
debut yield isnt exactly abundant they didnt have High Expectations theyre just glad to be harvesting it all. With a little money theyve made such as been able to fulfill a Big Wish Taking Dance lessons and she likes showing off what shes learned. The rules. Dont have over. Me taking roses im dancing and dont really have anything in common you wont. Know im nova scotia but they both give me the same. Willing to do there was just nothing really they make me feel alive thats just on the field with to them with the sunni sure what. Today pakistans group is performing on the main square in kind of events are held
here every year during the rose harvest. A stage has been set up for local ensembles to show off their talents. As group is 1st up. Many people in rows valley are driven by a desire to make their dreams come true. Pavlov is no exception. He works hard to keep his dreams alive and has envisions plans for the coming year hes not content just harvesting blossoms as a rose farmer should be so wants control of the entire process from cultivating the plants to oil extraction. Hes leased to plot and started a rose nursery. Before
it looks a bit chaotic here but our seedlings are in these boxes and were getting them ready for next year before theres all of the water since the harvest was core this year the price of seedlings is going to go up significantly if the if you give the perfect the set it isnt just investing in seedlings next year he wants to begin extracting oil in his distillation thats. That of. My own distillery would ensure that even in years when the rose harvest is poor that this i dont lose all my investment as a rose farmer all the. Way because when the rose yield is low the price of rose oil climbs so if i cant make proper Tomorrows Farming i can at least have an income from the distillation. Job with the me the beautiful the
way. These are is motivated he feels confident that hes on track to becoming independent not just financially but also from the whims of the weather and. The many locals in rose valley are trying to improve their lot and some have managed with income from the rose growing Industry Income of all at the western edge of the valley many roma families no longer live in poverty. Either this is where our san even though of and his family live. After a morning out picking roses theyve returned home to their neighborhood where families own their own homes and earn a regular income. A
sense family built the house themselves. All of the men know how to build. For generations live under one roof. Everyone sits down for a snack after the mornings work in the fields. Until its needed for the even us nothing is more important than spending time together oh marco. Girl ever got a real. Job here. Over that where the senator your weve worked hard our whole lives with. That award its always been our goal up to them to settle down to a normal family life so to your little mother to 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 Wouldnt Dream of leaving they feel at home in bulgaria this is a whole birth of a boy better go last a world where happy then is that you want it but if we dont face disrespect or repression with this new its true theres a lack of social integration but we havent encountered discrimination. May have ordered it. In the family has lived here for more than 50 years. Not one of them has ever left bros valley. The 3 new Rose Farmers Yanacocha and christina have also spent their entire lives In The Valley. Every week they go to the small Russian Orthodox church in cologne fan to pray for their roses and for the men they have lost. Form. Leon i guess no State Support but as a half orphan her daughter kucha is entitled to welfare payments. Called with a small pension her mother christina receives they manage to make ends meet. The only. Although their 1st Harvest Of Roses hasnt been a bumper crop 3 women are satisfied the earnings will allow them to buy a few things they wouldnt otherwise be able to afford but little more than that for the time being. On the off switch to cut out lost her father 10 years ago he died of Heart Disease her mother cant offer her a carefree life but shes doing her best to secure cutlass future. How long till
schools out. Next week plus the following monday. After Summer Vacation will attend high school In The City Liliana will be able to pay for her daughters bus rides with the money shes made from the rose harvest and perhaps even accommodation shes hopeful that her roses and her business will continue to flourish the sums that i want above all i hope to stay healthy so i can continue looking after the rose field the richest and and that are yields improve in 2 or 3 years. My father always said rose fields are a Joint Venture with nature youre not the one who determines its state its nature there is a lot of great. He this year nature hasnt been kind to the roses and the many people whose livelihoods depend on them but in the village of tortilla theyre
celebrating today nonetheless. Aleksandr diagonals has invited pickers bros farmers friends and acquaintances for a get together. About it no matter how good or bad the season has been he wont let a bad year deprive him of the chance to throw a party was that it was due to an immediate red customer and her family are among the guests. As are a saint even of and his family. Of her everyone is proud of the harvest of the groses and of The Valley World Famous for its fragrant flowers. How. Place. Was. Was in addition to being a source of income the roses are also a symbol of National Identity and an integral part of traditions and culture here In The Valley was. Played was which is why for Alexander Dragon off a celebration isnt complete without folk music and dancers in traditional costumes. How was. It more difficult of the 3 of you or for me its important to see my people happy even after a bad harvest of the what are you going with you know what i mean here at the table we can take stock of the season to. Other discuss where we stand and what wed like to improve next year. This traditional celebration is part of our work were 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 years harvest. This year was really tough for us rose because you cant help but feel dissatisfied but you also cant fight nature
ill be back on the Rose Field Next year. But it. Will gary as treasured flowers will bloom next year too when it does it will again awaken new hopes and dreams among the people rose valley. To give you the run up to the. X. 21. 00 this its all to come. Its. Just the european idea of the latest. Poll that was. Created. 30 minutes double. The torah such as a. 100 german street on t. W. And action packed life. Anythings possible as long as our coffee and his friends can drink. This Movie Theater in kenya refugee camp. His life story may have ground to a halt. 27 years ago but theres no holding back his dreams. Thank you for what. Cinema stars may 27th on a double. Play. This is news once the berlin indian voters reach the finish line polls close on the final day of the countrys Marathon General Election Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a 2nd term. Well go live to moodys own constituency also coming up. Austria president called snap elections this comes after the countrys vice chancellor
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