Sights in Bulgaria

March 3 is the public holiday of Bulgaria. On this date (by the old calendar Feb. 19) was signed the San Stefano Peace Treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which was the end of the Russo-Turkish Liberation War, 1877-1878. It is created an independent Bulgarian state with Christian g...

The citizen of Kalofer have an own unique tradition of Epiphany (Yordanov Day - January 6). On this day, before the traditional bringing out of a cross from the river, group of men, dressed in national costumes and waving national flags, enter into the cold waters of Tunja river and play so ...

Each year, on 18-th, against 19-th August, the followers of the teachings of Peter Deunov gather near The Seven Rila Lakes (Rila mountain) to meet its solar New Year. During the event there are spiritual lectures, singing of songs and hymns, prayers. One of the most impressive moment is the...

7-th August is the public holiday of Trigrad. During the holiday citizens and the guest of the town are enjoyed by performance of various folk ensembles, orchestras, famous singers of Rhodopes songs, as well as mummer casts from the villages of Shiroka Laka, Otets Paisievo, and Sushitza (the quarter...

Nestinarstvo is ancient Bulgarian ritual originally performed in several Bulgarian and Greek-speaking villages in the Strandzha Mountains. It is a unique mixture of Eastern Orthodox beliefs and older pagan traditions from the region. The ritual involves barefoot dancing on smoldering embers. One of...

In June 2012 the Municipality of Assenovgrad organizes the first Independent Medieval Fair in Asenovgrad.Event Dates: 22-24 June (22 June 24 13:00 to 14:00)Location: Chapel of St. Athanasius (near the fortress Asenova krepost).The Fair will recreate the Bulgarian Middle Ages and Middle Ages in the...

On 1st of March Bulgarians celebrate Baba Marta ("Grandmother Marta") - a unique Bulgarian tradition. According to Bulgarian folklore and traditions March is the month when the spring begins and first day of the month is a traditional holiday associated with sending off winter and w...

"The extraction of Jesus Christ from the grave" is a unique ritual in village of Slanotran which takes place many years during the Easter (allegedly it dates to 1906 when the village church of the Assumption was built). Ritual represents in its own way the resurrection of Jesus Christ. While part ...

On 10-th of December Pleven celebrates its official holiday. The date is related with the Russian-Turkish war and the battle for the liberation of Pleven, which gained a strategic importance and focused the attention of the world public for 5 months. Huge military troops of the two Empires were ...

On December 1 Botevgrad municipality celebrates its official public holiday. On this date in 1934 the town was renamed from the Turkish Orhanie to Botevgrad, after the great Bulgarian revolutionary Hristo Botev. There are musical and cultural events on this date in Botevgrad....