She had to become a “sworn virgin”. Related: Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones review – the Albanian women living as menThe 2007 novel Sworn Virgin by Albanian novelist Elvira Dones traces the life of one woman who, with the help of her sister, managed to reconnect with her female identity. Related: Last of the burrnesha: Balkan women who pledged celibacy to live as menIn May the last so-called sworn virgin of Montenegro was moved from her village near Savnik to a home for the elderly in the coastal town of Risan, amid fears for her health. Unlike the heroine of Dones’s novel, Cerovic seems to have no regrets. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trailer for Sworn VirginThe custom survives in Albania but has already died out in Dalmatia and Bosnia and now it is in its final days in Montenegro.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2016 07:52 UTC