Provocation!
Provocation! :o
"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress”
- Mohatmas Ghandi

Paolo and a Friend were walking on a street in Vidin center when they met a young bulgarian employee (nickname: M.F.) of a office store where always they use to buy something for the center in Nov Put. Bottom their conversation:
Paolo to M.F.: hello, how are you? :)
Friend to M.F.: hello! :)
M.F. : hello, where are you going?
Paolo to M.F.: in Nov Put :)
Friend to M.F.: to work with kids, you know :)
M.F.: ooooh, they are not people.
Friendembarrassed look Paolo: let's go! :)
Paolo embarrassed too, said nothing :)
On the way for the center...
Friend to Paolo: Why exist razism? Why he splits shit on our job?! :((
Paolo to Friend: I'm sorry we met him :((
PLOVDIV - 18th March 2007 h.21:00
Paolo and a Friend were dinner in a Persian restaurant. The waiter (nickname: M.F.) start to speak in English. Bottom their conversation:
M.F. to Friend: Where are you from?
Friend to M.F.: America
Paolo to M.F.: Italy
M.F. to Friend: I have a friend that works in America [ bla bla bla ]
Friend: Where are you from?
M.F. to Friend: From Bulgaria, I’m Bulgarian.
Paolo to M.F.: Are there workers from Persia?
M.F. to Paolo: Yes, and from Syria also. I can speak some words of Arabic but often I cannot understand what they say, I’m sure they curse on me!
M.F. to Friend and Paolo: How do you find Bulgaria?
Friend: Better than Turkey ;)
M.F. to Friend and Paolo: What do you think about Gypsy robbers?
Friend to M.F.: Hmmm…do you speak good English, where did you learn it?
…..out of the restaurant
Friend to Paolo: There are people that steal, but "honest" people like him never steal my heart, yet!
Paolo to Friend: no tip for him! ;)
SOFIA - 19th March 2007 h.16:30
Paolo and a Friend were shoping in Sofia open-air market "Shenski", Paolo was around with a pair of tarabuki (drums). Buing a second hand dresses they started to talk with the seller (nickname: M.F.) . Bottom their conversation:
M.F. to Friend: Where are you from?
Friend to M.F.: America
M.F. to Friend: oooo…Americans, fat people…but you are not fat!
Friend: hmmm
M.F. to Paolo: Tarabuka...Do you know play tarabuka?
Paolo to M.F.: No, but I wish learn :)
M.F. to Friend: I love blues, it’s everything for me.
Friend to M.F.: I love too, I come from the south, the land of the blues :)
M.F.: Blues it’s music, the Kiuchezi – music plyed with Tarabuki – it shit because people that invent that kind of music are stupids, their heads are empty. Turkish people that invent that music come from low society.
Friend surpirsed: we must go now, we have the train in few minutes :)
Paolo that cannot hide a nervous smile: Bye!
On the way for the rail way station…
Friend to Paolo: why I said I’m from America? The people play drums maybe has the head empty but their hearts are full!

Stereotype n°1: ‘Gypsies’ are ‘just Gypsies’
Stereotype n° 3: Music and dancing
Stereotype n°4: Fortune telling
Stereotype n°5: Traditional crafts
Stereotype n° 12: Financial situation