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Pupils from allover Bulgaria enroll for study at the Prof. Venko Kolev National High School of Applied Art in Troyan. Its principal says that interest in pottery has never weakened. It is the place for teenagers who do not easily fit into the matrix of mass schools, Mr. Iliev explains. Here they can find an auspicious environment for the growth of their personality.
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Apart from pottery workshops scattered across Bulgaria, potters also display their talent and skills at various forums. Every year the Architectural and Ethnographic Complex Etar near the town of Gabrovo, Central Bulgaria, hosts the International Fair of Traditional Crafts where potters and masters of other crafts not only display their works but demonstrate a range of authentic techniques.
Translated by Daniela Konstantinova
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