May 25, 2015 Feast of roses
Many festivals are dedicated to flowers. Who does not admire the beauty and perfection of the queen of flowers - roses? In Bulgaria, this flower has a special love. That is why every year in the city of Kazanlak in the first week of June, the Rose Festival is held, starting from 1903.
June 26, 2015 - June 28, 2015 Rock festival "Kavarna rock fest" in Kavarna
The Festival of Rock and Metal was named "Kaliakra Rock Fest" from the moment of its appearance in 2006 and until 2010. Now it is called " Kavarna rock fest ", because it takes place in this city. Usually the festival is held in June or July. For the years of its existence, the festival has come a long way.
July 01, 2015 Julian's Day
Holidays and Events in Bulgaria
din of the youngest and, apparently, that's why such a favorite holiday among the Balkan youth is Julia. His name, interestingly, refers us not to the ancient Slavic language spoken by Bulgarians, but to the "Landan from the capital" habitual from childhood ... "$ 24 December 2015 - December 25, 2015 Christmas in Bulgaria
One of the brightest, most joyous and beautiful holidays among all Christians is Christmas. Of course, the sunny and colorful Bulgaria is no exception: the celebration of the birth of Christ is celebrated here not on a smaller scale, but rather, as in any Orthodox country, is anticipated by a long fast.
January 01, 2016 Survakas
Survaky - this is January 1 in Bulgaria. This is the name of the first day of the new year. There is this holiday and one more name - Vasiliev day. Initially, the Surrcans understood only the ritual of circumambulating houses on December 31. But later this word received a wider meaning.
Want to learn how to weave wreaths from rose petals and dance well, then go to Bulgaria for a rose festival in late May. This noble flower in this country is in special esteem. The oil rose, from which the world-famous oil is made, has been cultivated here for a long time. That's why the inhabitants of Kazanlak and Karlovo alternately - in even and odd years, respectively - organize a rose festival.
In the middle of the New Year's table Bulgarians put a ritual loaf decorated with vines, hives, gardens. It is necessary to put a coin in it. Before supper, the oldest member of the family cassocks a caraway table, reads a prayer and breaks a loaf. Who will get the coin, that will be carried all around the year.
New Year Bulgarians begin to celebrate the evening of December 31. Like Russians, the inhabitants of a sunny country consider: the richer the table is, the more fertile the year will be. In the middle of the table they put ritual loaves decorated with images of vines and hives, fields and gardens. Always put a coin in the loaf. Before supper, the oldest member of the family cassocks a caraway table, reads a prayer and breaks a loaf. Who will get the coin, that will be carried all around the year.
A special place on the New Year's table is occupied by a banitza - it is a puff cake baked inside with cedar branches, each of which symbolizes a house and domestic animals, health and success in schooling.
After midnight, young people and adolescents with dogwood branches in their hands go to their neighbors, pat them on their backs with good wishes . Well-known for these twigs, called Bulgarians "srvachkami, well-wishers called surrakarami . Annually at the end of August and the Bulgarian city of Sozopol becomes the cultural center of the whole region. . From all over the country, as well as from Europe, Asia and America, fans of all kinds of arts come here - for the festival "Apollonia" . For 10 days here act artists with their exhibitions, theater groups, classical music and jazz performers, dance troupes, writers and poets .
Small tourists at the festival will also be interested: in parallel, the "Children's Apollonia" takes place with performances and creative master- classes.
And on July 1, Bulgarians celebrate a young and unusual holiday - Julia. The name of Julia is taken from the song of the rock band Uriah Heep (July Morning - July Morning, 1971). And the essence of the holiday is this: June 30, the youth of the country gathers on the Black Sea coast and even from abroad to meet the sunrise together. Participants in this action are convinced that in this way they clean themselves.