Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Days of Bulgaria to take place in Canada's British Columbia province

Photo: Facebook/ Bulgarian-Canadian Society of BC

Bulgarians in British Columbia - the westernmost province of Canada - are looking forward to the Days of Bulgaria initiative, which will start on March 26 in Deer Lake Park in the city of Burnaby. Bulgarian roses will be planted in the space in front of the local Art Gallery. After the ceremony, a meeting will be held in the local museum, where the Canadian public will be introduced to interesting facts about Bulgaria. 

"We will talk about our beautiful nature - mountains, rivers and seas. We will make you empathize with our folklore and our customs. During the event, we will present Kazanlak - the city of the roses and will tell you about Bulgaria's Valley of Roses," reports the Facebook group of the Bulgarian-Canadian Society in British Columbia.‎

2023 marks 30 years since the foundation of the organized study of the Bulgarian language was laid and 20 years since the organized Bulgarian folklore activity in Vancouver. There are two Bulgarian schools and several dance groups in the Canadian city. 
"We are proud and, above all, grateful that these activities over the years and until now have been realized with a lot of work and time of dozens of patriotic volunteers," shared the administrators of the Facebook page of the Bulgarian-Canadian society in British Columbia, adding: "On the occasion of these anniversaries, we are currently collecting materials in order to make an archive about the history of the teaching of the Bulgarian language and the organized dance activity of the Bulgarian diaspora in Vancouver: memories of participants, recordings of events, photo and video materials from the numerous events of the dance groups and the children at the Bulgarian school.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgarian university students celebrate their holiday

8 December is the day on which Bulgarian university students traditionally celebrate their holidays. The holiday is very popular in Bulgaria and often brings together not only current but also former students. The day was first celebrated in 1903..

published on 12/8/24 12:16 PM

In spicy times, our Christmas is also hot

Spicy means culture and Alexander Kyurkchiev - Sando, founder of a chilli pepper farm near Sofia and the first chilli pepper museum in this country, is sure of this. For the second year in a row he is organizing the Sofia Chilli Fest..

published on 12/7/24 8:55 AM

The tragic plight of a flock of sheep has united Bulgarians in a common cause to save them

For more than a week now, the story of a family of breeders raising local breeds of sheep has captured the attention of not only the Bulgarian public, but also of compatriots abroad. Instead of following the drama in Parliament and the struggle for..

published on 12/6/24 5:03 PM