More than 7,000 people will take part in the XIX Kukeri Games Festival "Simitliya - The Ancient Land of Kukeri" this weekend (January 14-15) in the town of Simitli. Traditionally, every year on the second Saturday of January..
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...
Pentru al doilea an consecutiv, la Sofia, în Borisova Gradina, astăzi a avut loc festivalul ”Surva” (Sorcova în limba română). Peste 200 de colindători din Pernik, numiți kukeri, îmbrăcați în costume specifice, cu măști pe cap și clopote la..
The kukeri festival “Old men in Turia” has made a comeback after a two-year pause because of the coronavirus pandemic. The festival demonstrates the cultural heritage connected with masquerade games in the lives of Bulgarians, and takes..
La granja de Radoslav está acurrucada en los declives entre los picos redondeados de los montes Rila y Pirin. Allí está también su cabaña que es una antigua caravana convertida en un refugio acogedor. Radoslav y su hija Ivana, los protagonistas del..
Tucked away in the hills between the rounded ridges of Rila mountain and the cliffs of the Pirin there is a farm – Rado’s farm. Nearby one can see a picturesque shepherd’s cabin. It is an old military van, turned into a..
They are clad in genuine animal skins weighing 30-40 kgs. each, wear horns and all kinds of different-coloured charms. They sometimes hide their faces behind fearful masks, at other times they show their weather-beaten faces. Their pictures..
Kukeri banish the forces of evil in Varvara village near Pazardzhik on the first day of January. The Dervish, as the locals call them, start on their way from home to home at midnight. In the end they all come together in the centre of the..
Les fêtes de fin d'année étant à peine terminées, vient le temps des festivals des kukeri . Des créatures antropomorphes moitié hommes-moitié bêtes de 5m de haut dont trois de cornes, qui courent dans tous les sens…Des monstres couverts de..
By introducing flexible and adequate anti-epidemic measures, it will be possible for customs respected by Bulgarian citizens to be carried out, such as the upcoming traditional masquerade games in Pernik. This has been decided at a meeting with..
