May 24 is the Day Of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture. This day has been celebrated for 171 years now – no other holiday was so long celebrated in Bulgarian late history.


On May 11 1851 a celebration was organized by Nayden Gerov at the eparchy school `St St Kiril and Methody` in the town of Plovdiv. This was the first time to be marked the Day of the Saint brothers Kiril and Methody – the creators of Slavonic Alphabet.

24 May 2023 - Bulgaria Boris Dimitrov

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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.

27 February 2023 - Bulgaria Balkanfolk Team

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International festival of masquerade games "Surva" 2023 will be held from January 27 to 29, 2023 in the city of Pernik, Bulgaria.


Photos from the International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva 2006, Surva 2008, Surva 2009, Surva 2018

11 January 2023 - Pernik, Bulgaria Boris Dimitrov

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The annual folklore awards with respect to the notable names of our music and dance tradition.

20 September 2022 - Divotino, Region Pernik, Bulgaria Boris Dimitrov

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The third concert of the series entitled "Follow the Steps", financed by the National Culture Fund, Bulgaria, will take place on September 11 in the Summer Theater, Plovdiv, from 7:00 p.m.

11 September 2022 - September 11, 2022, 7:00 p.m., Bunardzhika, Summer Theatre, Plovdiv Boris Dimitrov

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VIII National Holidays of Professional Folk Art Pazardzhik'22

From September 3 to 10, 2022, the National Professional Folk Art Festival Pazardzhik'22 will be held. Pazardzhik Folk Song and Dance Ensemble with artistic director Atanas Cholakov is the main initiator and organizer together with the Pazardzhik Municipality of these celebrations of the Bulgarian professional music and dance art since 1993.

3 September 2022 - Drama and puppet theater "Konstantin Velichkov" in Pazardzhik Boris Dimitrov

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Balkanfolk donated to three dance groups from the Taraclia region certificates with permission for public use of musical compositions from its catalog for a period of five years. The donation was handed over to the leaders of the dance ensembles by the choreographer, the teacher at the Music College in the town of Tvarditsa, seconded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria Marina Bankova-Rashkova.

16 May 2022 - Taraclia, Republic of Moldova Boris Dimitrov

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For the 16th time on the stages in Kremikovtzi and Kremikovtzi Monastery is held the International Festival "St. George's Fun". The organizer of the festival is the community center "Svetlina Kremikovtsi - 1906".



PROGRAM

XVI International Festival "St. George's Fun" - Kremikovtzi 2022

2 May 2022 - Kremikovtsi and Kremikovtsi Monastery Boris Dimitrov

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You can now listen to more than 200 performances by the Zornitsa Orchestra on the Spotify music platform. This is for musical recordings of Bulgarian dances from different folklore regions.

4 April 2022 - Boris Dimitrov

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The ensembles "Trakia", "Filip Kutev", "Pirin" and "Strandzha" with a joint performance!

The grand event in honor of prof. Kiril Dzhenev will take place on June 28, 2022 in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture, Sofia

"The Dances of the Bulgarian" is the motto of the big show, which will bring together the ensembles "Trakia" , "Filip Kutev", "Pirin", "Strandzha" and the graduates of the National School of Dance Art - Sofia.

29 March 2022 - Boris Dimitrov

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