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..
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..
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..
In the Sofia region, residents of the capital's Dragalevtsi district, the villages of Kiliite, Simeonovo-Dragalevtsi and Yarema, and the villages of..
As Bulgaria marks Father's Day, the Shared Parenting Foundation is organising a protest calling for legal changes to ensure that children of separated..
Every holiday has its own flavour, its own 'clothes' and its own tunes. Christmas is no different. "Little is known about traditional Bulgarian carols and..
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