Tag: culture
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Etar Ethnographic Museum
Etar Ethnographic Museum is great fun and educational too! Here you can find out about traditional Bulgarian arts and crafts and investigate the water driven equipment powered by the river which winds its way through the beautiful grounds of the museum. There is a full programme of events throughout the year, including opportunities to learn…
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Palm Sunday Is The Day of Trees and Flowers in Bulgaria
Tsvetnitsa-Vrubnitsa (Palm Sunday) is one of the most-celebrated Bulgarian holidays. It is rich in variety of customs, songs and dance. The holiday is on the last Sunday before Easter. Early in the morning on Tsvetnitsa young girls go to the nearest river. After they find a place where the water is calm they put pieces…
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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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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…
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Folklore Pictures
A few photographs from last night’s Folklore event. We have passed on your thanks to the Singing Group for an excellent repertoire of traditional singing and dancing. On behalf of the Singing Group our thanks to everyone that attended and gave the Group such a huge round of applause ! See here for folklore evening…
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Folklore Evening
Dragizhevo Village Folklore Group will be performing at the campsite on 21st May, Thursday evening at 7.00 pm. Our local group will sing a collection of famous Bulgarian traditional songs. They will also be dancing the “Xoro”, which is a style of dance unique to Bulgaria and will also be available to teach anyone who…
