On August 4 and 5, 2007 the meadow in front of the “St. Iliya” chapel in the Rhodope village Gela resounded with the kaba gaida tunes and the songs of the participants in the Ilinden Fair.

The first gaida contest was the idea of the popular gaida player from the Rhodope Peter Yanev and Antonia Chilikova, and it was part of the traditional clans meeting of the village of Gela. The organizer of the fifth edition was the initiative committee, whose members were: Stefan Gerdzhikov, Vesselina Babadzhankova and Peter Yanev, assisted by Antonia Chilikova from “Rhodopi” eco-organisation, Gela village council and others.

6 August 2007 - village of Gela, Bulgaria Boris Dimitrov

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Participants from 10 countries are arriving from all continents to join the practical seminar for Balkan folklore Balkanfolk 2007. The Opening is today at Hotel Jeravna, in Bankya, a resort by Sofia.



The courses offer a wide range of subjects connected to Balkan folklore, amongst which Bulgarian dances, Romanian dances, Serbian dances, Bulgarian folk singing and all traditional Bulgarian instruments. Classes are divided into beginners and advanced for better comprehension and some of them offer an individual approach.

15 July 2007 - Bankya, Bulgaria Vera Genova

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The 11th edition of the International folklore festival Vitosha 2007 was launched yesterday, 14 July in Sofia. A street procession started at 7 pm in front of the National Palace of Culture, passed along Vitosha Blvd and ended in the City garden, where an official opening was held at 8 pm.



Participants are from Indonesia, Italy, China, Lithuania, Georgia, Korea, Hungary, Venezuela, Romania, Cyprus, Armenia and Bulgaria.

14 July 2007 - Sofia, Bulgaria Balkanfolk Team

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On 07.07.2007, while in Bulgaria hundreds of couples were saying “I do” in front of the alter, hoping that the number 7 will bring them happiness in their marriage, under the bright sky of Yalova, Turkey, the dancers from ensemble “Zornitsa” were receiving loud applause from the audience gathered to watch the final competition of the 21 st International Folklore Festival “The Golden Carnation”.

8 July 2007 - Yalova, Turkey Ivailo Parvanov

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През вчерашния ден (23 юни) на Петнайстите международни младежки фолклорни Орфееви празници се изявиха 2180 участници от различни краища на страната и всички гости от чужбина. Площад “България” се тресеше от песни танци и ритми. 32-градосувата жега по Целзий не можа да спре устрема на децата. Красив подарък за гражданите и гостите на Смолян бяха изпълненията на гостите от Грузия, Турция, Сърбия, Гърция, Унгария и Естония. До късния следобед продължиха изявите на двете естради.

24 June 2007 - Смолян Balkanfolk Team

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The Director of Silver Dollar City World-Fest, Mr. Rex Burdette, in 2005, was awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria a silver medal “Simeon the Great – the Golden Age of Bulgaria” for his contribution to the promotion of Bulgarian folklore in the United States of America. At the end of this year’s edition of the Festival, Mr. Burdette asked Mrs. Yanka Docheva, Managing Director of “World Music Events – Bulgaria” Ltd. to deliver for him a present to the National School of Folklore Arts "Philip Kutev" – Kotev.

20 June 2007 - Balkanfolk Team

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The presentation of traditional Bulgarian arts and crafts in the largest international festival of the United States, Silver Dollar City World-Fest, was expectedly successful during this year’s edition of this forum.



“World Music Events – Bulgaria” Ltd. organized the presentation and the selection of the participating crafters belongs to Yanka Docheva. For the fourth time, Vesselin Feschiev, the weaver from Veliko Turnovo, demonstrated his master-craftsmanship before the audiences of the Mid-West.

19 June 2007 - Balkanfolk Team

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Министерството на културата съвместно с Национален дворец на културата представя на 20 юни /сряда/ от 19 ч. в зала 1 на НДК Музикално-танцовия спектакъл „ОГЪНЯТ БЪЛГАРСКИ”.



Спектакълът е атрактивно съчетание на ярки образци на народното музикално творчество. Той е вдъхновен от уникалната палитра на нашия фолклор, представен от емблематични изпълнители от всички фолклорни области.

15 June 2007 - Национален Дворец на Културата, София Balkanfolk Team

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The city of Varna was the kind host of the First Balkan Folk Student Festival from June 8th – 10th 2007.



The idea for the festival was born last year when the Students’ Councils of five universities from Varna decided to organize a local folk competition. This idea developed into creating a bigger festival which would give groups from all over the Balkans the chance to participate. The criteria was the wish of the local groups to participate and the only condition was that all those taking part were students of the universities their groups were going to represent.

12 June 2007 - Varna Slavka Karakusheva

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