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As early as 7000 years B.C., 3000 years before the Egyptians, traders from this land, now known as Bulgaria, had crossed up and down the Mediterranean. This long and winding history gave a source of not only great national pride but also an inspiration for a new national spirit. Much has perished through all these millennia, but even more has remained - a rich spiritual world which will shower you with the colours, rhythms and melodious songs of living Bulgarian folklore, the unfading beauty of Bulgarian arts and crafts, the gaiety and vivacity of Bulgarian festivals and customs, the piquant taste of Bulgarian cuisine and the delicate fragrance of Bulgarian wines.
Plovdiv region and the city, villages and towns therein, with its remnants of the Byzantine, Roman and Ottoman civilizations, count among their wealth an unusually diverse culture, parts of which have remained unchanged for centuries. In this section of Plovdiv Guide, we offer you a trip through the land which has been so richly endowed by God with elegant beauty and invite you to discover its traditions, customs and rituals.
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| | Nameday of Evlogi and Zoya more > |
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| | Nameday of Evstati, Evstatia more > |
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 | | The feast has no fixed date - it depends on the date Easter is celebrated in the respective year. Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. more > |
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 | | Name day of everyone named Velichko, Velichka, Velika, Veliana, Velina, Villi, Svetla. Celebrated by the Church as a day of the Resurrection of Church, in the folk tradition Velikden is associated with a multitude of pre-Christian conceptions. The morning on the first holiday (always a Sunday) all go to a solemn church service. more > |
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| | Name day of Emil, Emilian, Emiliana, Emilia (they also celebrate on November 8, Archangel Michael`s Day) . more > |
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 | | The traditional feast of Eliseus (also called Ellisey, Lisseh, Lisso or Lissey) is one of the thunder-maker feasts, alongside with German and Bartholomew. In some parts of Bulgaria it is also connected to the “lisso”, i.e. baldness. Therefore, the young men put on “bald breads”, or light candles, collect herbs, pour herbal teas on themselves and bathe in left water (taken at a left turn of the river) or the tea is poured through the left sleeve of a coat. more > |
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 | | Name day of everyone named Yanko, Yana, Yanka. This ancient Bulgarian ritual is considered the turning point in the mythological calendar of the ancient people – a ritual connected to the summer Equinox, when the day is longest and the night is shortest. Enyovden / Enyo’s Day is a favorite summer holiday for young and old. It practically divides the year into two. It is believed that after that feast, winter sets on its long way to the people. more > |
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| | Name day of Evdokia, Evdokim, Eudokia and Eudokim. more > |
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| | Name day of Elisaveta (BG for Elizabeth). more > |
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 | | The Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy God`s Mother is celebrated that day. The parents of the Virgin Mary, Righteous Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that if a child were born to them, they would dedicate it to the service of God.When the Most Holy Virgin reached the age of three, the holy parents decided to fulfill their vow...
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