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Grandmother Marta, traditional Bulgarian custom (Baba Marta)
All over the world peolpe meet spring with joy and new hope but it is only in Bulgaria where it is saved as an ancient custom.


If you are walking along the streets in Bulgaria on the 1st of March you will witness many smiling faces. But first of all your eyes will be captured by martenitsas. Everyone has decorated their clothes with them. Moreover, you can see decorated dogs and cats. In the small villages in the mountains people decorate their domestic animals: lambs, kids, young horses. Houses have their own martenitsa, as well.

20 February 2010 - Bulgaria

• Bulgarian's Zornitsa dancers - CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports
• ФТА \"ЗАГОРОВЧЕ\"
• 10th anniversary Ensemble Sedianka (Bulg.dances in Belgium)
• "Balkan" Folk Dance Ensemble at IFF in Finland
• Danube Music Festival

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Pictures of martenitsa - Baba Marta traditional Bulgarian custom Photos of the tamboura - stringed musical instrument Photos of Bulgarian Folk Costumes
Pictures of martenitsa - Baba Marta traditional Bulgarian custom
Send martenitsa to your friends!
The Martenitsa (martenica)... this magical amulet inherited by our predecessors is the first sign of the coming spring. That's why each Bulgarian wears martenitsa on the first of March, symbolizing ones faith that hereon everything will be better. People will smile because they believe they have won the benevolence of Baba Marta.
Grandmother Marta, traditional Bulgarian custom (Baba Marta). Photos (pictures) of martenitsa. Send martenica card to your friends or buy martenica from Balkanfolk shop.



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16 February 2010

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The Download category includes folklore songs and instrumental melodies performed by different folklore singers and musicians.
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Dunavsko horo Zornitsa Orchestra 8673
Svatbarska rachenitsa Zornitsa Orchestra 6722
Ibish aga Divna Bulgarian Vocal Formation, Galya Haralambieva 5997
Gankino horo Zornitsa Orchestra 5310
We sing a song for you (Tebe poem) The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices 5083


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Bera Zornitsa Orchestra
Na poyas Zornitsa Orchestra
Chichovoto Bulgarian Artists
Svatbarska rachenitsa Zornitsa Orchestra
Raka Zornitsa Orchestra


  "Ayde na horoto!" (Join the horo)
Balkanfolk’s donation initiative for Bulgarian cultural houses

In honor of 24 May – the Day of Slavonic alphabet and Bulgarian enlightenment and culture Balkanfolk donates 5 Bulgarian folklore music CDs to every Bulgarian cultural house.

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List of Bulgarian Cultural House by Regions


Workshop

Workshop for Balkan Folklore
Balkanfolk 2010
4th August - 16th  August 2010 , Koprivshtitsa - Bulgaria 

Dance, Play, Sing, Have Fun!

 



Balkanfolk workshop is a meeting of participants from around the world. Admirers of the Balkan folklore will experience the culture, traditions and customs of the Balkan countries and the beauty of Bulgaria.



In 2010 the workshop will be held in Koprivshtitsa – a small museum-town, about 80 kilometres from the capital – Sofia, in Sredna gora mountain. The houses in the town have a specific architectural style which has been preserved during the years. In Koprivshtitsa ancient handicrafts can be seen and the history of Bulgaria can be felt.

See pictures from Balkanfolk 2006 Workshop Balkanfolk 2006, Balkanfolk 2007 and Balkanfolk 2008.



  Atelier for Folklore Costumes

Atelier for manufacturing folklore costumes: production of males, women's and children's folk costumes (narodni nosii) from different ethnographic regions of Bulgaria.


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