An online shop for folklore music (CD and DVD), Bulgarian traditional costumes, souvenirs, books and learner’s books for Bulgarian language, icons, carpets from Chiprovtsi and other articles connected to Balkan folklore.
Due to the current global situation with Covid-19 we are temporary unable to deliver outside Bulgaria.
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.
Atelier Balkanfolk costumes on stage
An album with photos of costumes made in the folk costume studio of Balkanfolk for various folk dance ensembles, choirs, orchestras, children's dance groups, etc.
9 April 2024
Pictures of details of Bulgarian folk costumes
Pictures of details of Bulgarian folk costumes made in Atelier Balkanfolk. Photos of coats, jackets, towels, pinafores, men's embroidered shirts, women's embroidered shirts, aprons and other items. Bulgarian folk costumes 31 March 2024
Bulgarian embroidered aprons
We present to you the latest models of aprons with Bulgarian embroidery made in the Balkanfolk atelier. You will find embroidered aprons from different regions of Bulgaria - Varna, Samokov, Shop, Razlog, Macedonian, Thracian, etc.
You can order the embroidered aprons on our website at: Balkanfolk.com.
"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.
"Makedonska kartina" - (Tants s tapani and Shirto)
choreography: Lyubomir Maryanski and Nikolay Tsvetkov, music: Kostadin Atanasov
performed by Veselie Dance Ensemble, Simitli
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.
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.
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