Living with the warmth of Bulgaria and always calling it home ...
If you ever find your way to Moldova, be sure to visit the Bulgarian library "Hristo Botev" in Chisinau. The small but neat library is located at 27 Grigore Vieru Street and is located on the ground floor of a four-storey building, probably built in ...
For the eighth consecutive year, the Council of Bulgarians in Ukraine unites with dignity the Bulgarian community there
On September 15, 2018, the VIII All-Ukrainian Bulgarian Fair was held in the Akerman Fortress, located near the city of Belgorod, Dniester, 80 km from the city of Odessa. The Bulgarians from Bessarabia and Tavria gathered once again at a fair, where they honor the traditions, the folk ...
Symbols of family and kind in the art of the traditional Bulgarian stitch
The art of embroidery has its origins in the ancient history of human society. Also known to the ancient Slavs, embroidery has been developing for two millennia. The creative process of the Bulgarian embroidery art is a manifestation of the national spirit, inextricably linked with ...
Traditional Bulgarian clothing in the past
The traditional Bulgarian clothing of our ancestors, which gradually disappeared over the years, is now completely absent from our everyday life. We can judge him only by the stories of our grandmothers or see him in museums. One of the main elements in traditional ...
Bulgarian folk musical instruments
Bagpipe The bagpipe is a wind and fur instrument; it is the most popular folk instrument in our country after the kaval and the reed. It is found in almost all ethnographic areas of the country. The best bagpipe schools can be named in Southern Bulgaria - Thrace and Strandzha, ...
Folklore districts in Bulgaria
Bulgaria is divided into several ethnographic areas, each of which has its own peculiarities in terms of song and dance folklore. There are seven folklore districts in Bulgaria in total: NORTHERN BULGARIA - Northern folklore district covers Northwestern Bulgaria and Central ...
Pafti - a fashion in antiquity and rebirth
Buckles or chaprazi are decorated with metal buckles for belts, which play a prominent role in jewelry in women's folk costumes. According to archeological finds in Madara, buckles on the territory of Bulgaria were forged in the 9th - 10th century, and were mass-produced in ...