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More than 200 survakari, master mask-makers and folk dancers descended on Borisova Gradina Park in Sofia to present the festival Surva which is to be held in Pernik at the end of January, a festival going back to 1966.
The traditional masquerade games take place in and around Pernik around the New Year, old style, or 14 January. The Surva festival was included in the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2015.
Photos: Iulia Bahovski
Nestled in the foothills of Rila, the village of Dobarsko attracts tourists from all corners of the country year-round. A legend has it that some of the first settlers in the area of today's village were the blinded soldiers of Tsar Samuel, who,..
The 31 st edition of the international mummer festival Surva has asserted its standing as the biggest masquerade festival in Europe. There were more than 12,000 participants in the festival this year, coming from all ethnic regions of the..
Bulgaria's town of Pernik is situated only 35 km southwest of Sofia and everyone knows it as the "town of black gold" or "the town of miners". In recent years, however, the appearance of Pernik has been changing and we increasingly associate the town..
Nestled in the foothills of Rila, the village of Dobarsko attracts tourists from all corners of the country year-round. A legend has it that some of the..
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