Sights in Region North-Western

The baklava* feast in village of Malinovo (Lovech region) was held for the first time in 2012 and now is has yearly. Usually it is in the late August or early September.The celebration is organized by an idea of ​​the mayor with the support of the local community center "Sabujdane - 192...

Troyan region is well-known for its traditions in cultivation of plums and production of high quality plum rakia (brandy). As result, each autumn in Troyan is held a Plum Festival. Its main purpose is to attract and to give possibilities to the local people and producers to show their domestic ...

"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 ...

3 December is the Official Public Holiday of Lukovit. The municipality of Lukovit celebrates on this day because in 1898 king Ferdinand signed a Decree and proclaimed Lukovit a town....

On May 11 the town of Lovetch celebrates its public holiday. For many years in this time of year Lovech was celebrating the so-called "Lilac celebrations". Furthermore, the melody of the famous hymn "Varvi narode vazrodeni", dedicated to the Slavic alphabet, was written in...

On June 1 town of Vratsa celebrates its public holiday which is related to the feat of one of the most famous Bulgarian revolutionaries - Hristo Botev (see also The Monument of Hristo Botev in Vratsa) and his detachment during the fights for the Liberation of Bulgarian from the Ottoman yoke. The h...

This Ethnic Festival is held annually on June 12 in town of Kozloduy. Organizers are Kozloduy Municipality and the "Temple-monument Hristo Botev 1879" community center. The event is not a competition but is a forum where amateur and professional groups represent the folklore of various ethnic ...

Each year in end of May, in the village of Cherni Vit is held a reproduction of events from 1876. Then the local resident Neyo Krachunov helped Benkovski and his detachment, hiding them in a cave in order to rescue them from the Turks. Neyo was sacrificed his lives and thrown into the river Vit but...

The Folklore Festival "From Timok to Vita" is a traditional for the village of Cherni Vit. It is held annually since 1981 in the last days (Saturday and Sunday) of August. From 1983 the Festival is municipal and is included in the cultural program of Teteven municipality.The purpose of the...