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Bulgaria        
        28 May 2005 
       
       - 4 Jun 2005       
       
       
        Paros, Greece
             
       
       
        
          
          
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       A Week in Paros
        
       
          (all levels of dance experience) 
 
Would you enjoy Greek Dancing and music, swimming in a crystal clear sea, wonderful meals, old towns with winding backstreets, meandering through hills and mountains covered with vivid wildflowers, leaving all of life's cares far behind ? 
 
Tantalising programme of circle dancing, outings, celebrations, Greek culture, seaside and poolside enjoyments. 
 
bookings 
contact: 
Jill Hope, 22 Longfields, Ongar, Essex. CM5 9BZ. UK 
Tel: 01277 363 085 
  
       
      
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Bulgaria        
        30 May 2005 
       
       - 1 Jun 2005       
       
       
        Kazanlak, Bulgaria
             
       
       
        
          
          
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       Annual Rose Festival, Kazanlak
        
       
          The Bulgarian rose production is popularised every year during the Festival of Roses. This festival of the roses originates from the celebrations held at the beginning of the rose-harvesting period at which the manufacturers from the whole valley sang and danced, dressed up in rose flowers, together with masked dancers called koukeri. 
 
Most intersting now are the electing of Queen Rose, the harvesting ritual in the rose gardens and the parade along the streets of the town. 
 
  
       
      
Balkanfolk Team 
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