If you look for the ancient sound of the Strandja song, you can find it in the voice of Petko Nanchev from the village of Gramatikovo. If you want to hear an interesting story on the beautiful nature of the Strandja Mountain, listen to the words of Petko in an exclusive interview for RB. The man used to work as a forester in the course of a few decades and he has carried the Strandja songs in his soul ever since the childhood years. Petko has recently made several recordings for the BNR archive and all of them were acapella – some of those are really unique samples that used to accompany different customs back in the days.
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