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.
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]