The days preceding the Orthodox Easter are brightened with smiles and cheerful atmosphere around the world. Students from several Sunday schools abroad have recreated the national traditions and customs associated with the preparation for Easter,..
For yet another year, the girls from the "School for Lazarki" at the Etara Ethnographic Museum, near Gabrovo, recreated the custom of lazaruvane , BTA reported. 5 7 girls from Gabrovo, Dryanovo and Tryavna took part in the ritual as they filled..
Young girls dressed in beautiful costumes from the Gabrovo region, with wreaths on their heads and baskets of flowers in their hands, will walk through the streets of the Etar Ethnographic Open-Air Museum today. The girls are..
Lazaritsa, Lazarovden, Lazarus’s Saturday are all names of the feast celebrated eight days ahead of Easter. The church marks the Resurrection of Lazarus and in the folklore calendar this time of the year is dedicated to the socialization of..
“Lazarus, come out!” Christ spoke to his friend and the miraculous resurrection took place. A day before Palm Sunday the church marks Lazarus Saturday. In Bulgarian folklore this holiday is associated with spring as a symbol of revival..
