Bugün öğrendim ki: Arnavutluk'ta, bir burrnesha veya yeminli bakire, bekaret yemini eden ve bir erkek olarak görünmek için daha sonra ailelerinin servetini miras almak da dahil olmak üzere erkeklerin birçok hakkının verildiği bir kadındır.

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Women who take a vow of chastity and wear male clothing in Balkan society This article is about a Balkan gender role. For people who take oaths of celibacy for religious reasons, see [sworn virgins](/wiki/Sworn_virgins "Sworn virgins") . **Balkan sworn virgins** (in [Albanian](/wiki/Albanian_language "Albanian language"): _**burrnesha**_ ) are women who take a [vow of chastity](/wiki/Vow_of_chastity "Vow of chastity" ") and [wear male clothing](/wiki/Cross-dressing "Cross-dressing") in order to live as men in patriarchal northern [Albanian society](/wiki/Tribes_of_Albania "Tribes of Albania"), [Kosovo]( /wiki/Kosovo "Kosovo") and [Montenegro](/wiki/Montenegro "Montenegro"). To a lesser extent, the practice exists, or has existed, in other parts of the western Balkans, including [Bosnia](/wiki/Bosnia "Bosnia"), [Dalmatia](/wiki/Dalmatia "Dalmatia") (Croatia) , [Serbia](/wiki/Serbia "Serbia") and [North Macedonia](/wiki/North_Macedonia "North Macedonia").[1] [National Geographic](/wiki/National_Geographic "National Geographic")'s _[Taboo](/wiki/Taboo_\(2002_TV_series\) "Taboo \(2002 TV series\)")_ (2002) estimated that there were fewer than 102 Albanian sworn virgins left.[2]