Sofia, Alexander Battenberg Square: car-driving instructors from different parts of the country are giving an “open-air lesson” on how “to block the capital city center”. Photo: BGNES
The village of Batanovtsi, Pernik region as seen in the night of January 13. The ritual fire lit for celebrating the Surva folklore tradition, was included in 2015 in the UNESCO list for preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage of the World. Photo: BTA
Bulgaria mourns and prays with the tens of thousands of people left homeless on the streets and who lost their loved ones after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. And is trying to help - in whatever way possible...
National embroideries are an important element of Bulgaria’s traditional culture. They are very sophisticated, consisting of symbols and shades of meaning reaching back to the recesses of time. Bulgarian women used to make embroideries on..
More than 200 survakari , master mask-makers and folk dancers descended on Borisova Gradina Park in Sofia to present the festival Surva which is to be held in Pernik at the end of January, a festival going back to 1966...
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