One of the biggest folklore festivals near Rozhen peak (The Rhodopes) again gathers fans of folklore from Bulgaria and abroad. Traditionally Rhozen is a festival of folklore and stockbreeding, as stockbreeding is the main livelihood in the region of the Rhodopes Range. The festival programme includes national folklore competition for folk singers, instrumentalists, folk dances, customs and verbal folklore. Traditions come alive in dance competitions, evening concerts and fire-dancing shows where men and women dance over live coals. Stockbreeders launch exhibitions of various breeds of sheep, goats, dogs and other domestic animals. They also present dairy and meat foods and traditional meals.
Martenitsas are one of the symbols of Bulgaria – regarded as the harbinger of spring and the end of darkness. Every year, on 1 March, Bulgarians, wherever they may be in the world, give friends and family the red-and-white tassels, as a token of..
February 22 marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Kichka Savova - one of the most significant singers from Bulgaria's Thrace folklore region. All who knew her during her lifetime keep in their hearts the memory of a talented, truly good, bright and..
For the fourth year in a row, the town of Tran in Western Bulgaria will host a winter festival of masquerade games. The beginning will be set on February 3 from 12:00 to 14:00 in the central town square. Four survakari groups from Zemen, Trun and the..
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