Moldova: Gagaouzistan - 2009 (34 images)

The Gagauz are special Moldovans. Their ancestors, the Oghuz, a Turkish tribe, settled long ago on the shores of the Black Sea. They kept the language, some habits - Turkish coffee, love of horses, the obligation to remove their shoes when entering a house - and an incredible propensity to hospitality. But do not say the Gagauz are Turkish, they would take it badly...