Category: Culture
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Happy International Women’s Day – More Than Just Flowers 🌷 !
We wish all the ladies a Happy International Women’s Day. Today is International Women’s Day — a day that means many things to many people. In Bulgaria, it’s a day when almost every man walks home with flowers in hand. Mothers, wives, daughters, colleagues — no woman is forgotten. The streets fill with colour, florists…
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Happy 3rd March Bulgaria!
On March 3rd, Bulgaria pauses to honour one of the most powerful moments in its history. It marks the restoration of its freedom after nearly five centuries of Ottoman rule. This national holiday marks the signing of the Treaty of San Stefano on March 3, 1878. This ended the Russo-Turkish War. It was signed in…
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Grandmother March Day!
It’s Grandmother March Day in Bulgaria! On March 1st, Bulgaria bursts into red and white as the country celebrates Baba Marta — Grandmother March Day. From the moment we step outside, something magical happens. Almost everyone we meet presses a small red-and-white token into our hands with a smile and a heartfelt wish for health…
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Lazarovden
Bulgaria loves a celebration and Lazarovden is no exception. It is a delightful, traditional event 8 days before Easter. The young girls from the village are key in celebrating Lazarovden. The young women, called lazarki, pick flowers for the wreaths that they will knit for Tsvetnitsa (the next day Palm Sunday). The girls wear traditional…
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Happy March 1st – Chestita Baba Marta
On 1st March in Bulgaria we say “Happy 1st March” or Chestita Baba Marta – Честита Баба Марта! Also people make and give Martenitsas to their friends and loved-ones. Martenitsas are red and white strings woven together in lovely patterns and designs. The red colour is for new life and re-birth and the white colour…
