On May 6 the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors St. George – martyr for the Christian faith who lived in the end of the 3 rd and the beginning of the 4th century. St. George is depicted in icons as slaying a dragon. According to..
"Colorful George went out to go round fields and green woods…” – such lyrics are often found in folk songs that to this day are performed on Gergiovden, the traditional version of St. George’s Feast, May 6. One of the best loved..
“Salió Jorge el Florido a recorrer los sembradíos y los bosques verdes”… Este tema está presente en muchas canciones folclóricas interpretadas hasta hoy en San Jorge (6 de mayo, según el calendario cristiano ortodoxo). Es una de las..
Hristina Morfova was one of the foremost European singers in the early 20 c. Born in the southern Bulgarian city of Stara Zagora and educated in the Paris Conservatory, the operatic diva began her career abroad. In 1915 she joined the Bulgarian..
The audio features the following pieces: - Rain, music and arrangement Angel Zaberski, performed by the Sofia Orchestra, soloist Dimitar Simeonov, saxophone, a recording from 1965; - Signor Blues, soloists..
Versión en español por Ruslana Valtcheva Fotos: Cortesía del equipo que rodó la película "La orquesta de Sofía"
Paskalya günlerinde Bulgar halkının gelenekleri dönüştürme yeteneğinin eseri olan bir dizi adet canlandırılıyor. Bizim topraklarımızda Paskalya yortusu, putperestlikten kalan rengarenk ilk bahar göreneklerini tamamen kaldırılmadı. Bazıları otantik..
The knack of transforming every tradition is a hallmark in Bulgaria that has given rise to a number of Easter rituals. In our lands, religious feasts have never fully replaced the colourful pagan rituals for welcoming spring. Some of them have..
13 Nisan’da ülkemizde Tsvetnitsa, Türkçe’de Söğüt bayramı veya Dallar pazarı olarak bilinen bayram kutlanıyor. Bu günde çiçek ve ağaç ismini taşıyan kişiler isim günü de kutluyor. Tsvetnitsa her zaman Paskalya Yortusu, halk dilinde “Kızıl yumurta “..
Though an integral part in the cycle of a few great Christian feasts, the folklore celebrations of Lazaritsa (equivalent of the Feast of Saint Lazarus) and Tsvetnitsa (equivalent of Palm Sunday) are distinctly Bulgarian. They..
S ie erfreuen das Auge, erfüllen Wünsche und heilen. Tausende kleine und große Sandsteine, die Menschen, Pflanzen oder Fabelwesen ähneln, sind..
1847 wurde in der Familie von Christo Iwanow Bankow - einem wachen Mann aus einer alten Familie und einem Meister von Pantoffeln - in einem der..
Das deutsche Programm enthält folgende Themen: Heute machen wir einen Abstecher ins malerische Rosental, das auch als das Tal der thrakischen Könige..