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Today is ZADOUSHNITZA (All Souls’ Day)

Today is ZADOUSHNITZA (All Souls’ Day)

3/9/2013 8:00:00 AM
On this day people go to the graveyard and besides decanting, lighting candles, handing out and holding memorial feasts, they leave walnut leaves as they do on Spassovden.
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British army officer teaches jiu-jitsu in Plovdiv
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The Todes Ballet opens a school in Plovdiv
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The artist Ivan Kraevski ?s 60th birthday
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The Plovdiv weightlifter Milen Dobrev - a champion in Vancouver
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Latest exhibitions in the ?city of the hills?
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A Project for expanding the city starts
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Paintings by Nikolay Riorich on display at the Ivan Vazov National Library
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The ?Mini Miss? & ?Mini Mister Plovdiv? Awards
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Reinforcing dangerous zones of Plovdiv Hills is about to start
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