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author: Associate Professor Vihra Baeva

Golden hen with golden chicks – what chickens, hens and roosters signify in Bulgarian folklore

What is the traditional ritual meal on Petrovden, St. Peter’s day? What does eating a chicken leg mean? And when is the first cockcrow? In this edition of Folk Studio, Ass. Prof. Dr. Vihra Baeva, expert at the Bulgarian Academy of..

27.06.14 12:12 |

Wine flows from the taps in Asenovgrad on the feast of Saint Trifon the Pruner

February 1 st is one of the most important days for the residents of Assenovgrad or Stanimaka as the town was called until 1934. As inheritors of ancient vine-growing and wine-making traditions, local people cherish their patron Trifon Zarezan..

05.02.14 11:50 |

Pigs in Bulgarian folklore – symbols and rituals

In various mythologies, the pig probably because of its proverbial fertility is associated with the Mother Goddess. In ancient Greece for example, the swine is considered the favorite animal of fertility goddess Demetra. Thracian..

26.01.14 08:10 |